Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Locrian Scale in Open C Tuning

Bb Locrian Scale in Open C Tuning shows the same bb locrian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Locrian Scale: string 1 Fb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 1Fbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1Dbb3

Fret 3Eb4

Fret 4Fbb5

Fret 6Gbb6

Fret 8Abb7

Fret 10Bb1

Fret 11Cbb2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Locrian Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 1 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 10, 3, 10, 3, 10, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.