Tuning-specific scale diagram

B Locrian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning

B Locrian Scale in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same b locrian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: B, C, D, E, F, G, A
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: C major
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Locrian Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low Eb string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the B root at fret 8. On the highest Eb string, the first B is at fret 8.

Fret 1E4

Fret 2Fb5

Fret 4Gb6

Fret 6Ab7

Fret 8B1

Fret 9Cb2

Fret 11Db3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Locrian Scale on the low Eb string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest B root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.