Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Locrian Scale in B Standard Tuning

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

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

String 6Cbb5

String 2Gbb2

String 1Cbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest B string, the first F is at fret 6.

OpenCbb5

Fret 2Dbb6

Fret 4Ebb7

Fret 6F1

Fret 7Gbb2

Fret 9Abb3

Fret 11Bb4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Locrian Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 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 F root and two other scale tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.