Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Locrian Scale in B Standard Tuning

Bb Locrian Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same bb 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: Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: B 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

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Locrian Scale: string 6 Cb (b2), string 5 Fb (b5), string 2 Gb (b6), and string 1 Cb (b2). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Cbb2

String 5Fbb5

String 2Gbb6

String 1Cbb2

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest B string, the first Bb is at fret 11.

OpenCbb2

Fret 2Dbb3

Fret 4Eb4

Fret 5Fbb5

Fret 7Gbb6

Fret 9Abb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Locrian Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.