Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Locrian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning

Eb Locrian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb locrian scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the pattern into the lower register for wider-range riffs and chord voicings.

Scale notes: Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: E major
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

6 of the 8 open strings belong to Eb Locrian Scale: string 8 Gb (b3), string 7 Cb (b6), string 6 Fb (b2), string 5 Bbb (b5), string 2 Cb (b6), and string 1 Fb (b2). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 8Gbb3

String 7Cbb6

String 6Fbb2

String 5Bbbb5

String 2Cbb6

String 1Fbb2

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

OpenGbb3

Fret 2Ab4

Fret 3Bbbb5

Fret 5Cbb6

Fret 7Dbb7

Fret 9Eb1

Fret 10Fbb2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Locrian Scale on the low F# string at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 8 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.