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The Locrian Bebop Scale | Best Guitar Diagrams and Patterns 2022

What’s the Locrian Bebop Scale?

The Locrian (bebop) scale is made up of eight notes, it’s an octatonic scale. The formula is 1 – b2 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 – b6 – b7. This is the Locrian mode with a passing tone (5) between the flat five (b5) and the minor sixth (b6). This scale is commonly played over m7b5 chords but it can be a good choice when you want to improvise over dominant chords as explained below.

B LOCRIAN (BEBOP) SCALE FORMULA

Relation With the Dominant Bebop Scale

The dominant bebop scale contains the same notes as the Locrian bebop scale. It means that you can play the Locrian bebop scale starting on the third of a dominant 7 chord. For example, over G7 play B Locrian bebop.

Relation With the Dominant Bebop Scale
Locrian (Bebop) Scale Octave Shapes
The chart below show how look the Locrian (bebop) scale on the whole guitar neck.
LOCRIAN (BEBOP) SCALE SEVEN SHAPES

Minor II-V-I Lick | Locrian Bebop Scale

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