Tuning-specific scale diagram

A Locrian Scale in B Standard Tuning

A Locrian Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same a locrian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: Bb major
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Locrian Scale: string 4 A (1) and string 3 D (4). A roots occur on open string 4.

String 4A1

String 3D4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the A root at fret 10. On the highest B string, the first A is at fret 10.

Fret 1Cb3

Fret 3D4

Fret 4Ebb5

Fret 6Fb6

Fret 8Gb7

Fret 10A1

Fret 11Bbb2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Locrian Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other scale tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.