Guitar scale · harmonic & melodic
Bb Locrian Natural 6 Scale
Mode 2 of Harmonic Minor: Locrian with a natural 6th.
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Bb Locrian Natural 6 Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|------------------------------6-7-9-| B|--------------------------8-9-------| G|--------------------6-8-9-----------| D|--------------6-8-9-----------------| A|-------6-7-10-----------------------| E|-6-7-9------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------9-11-12-| B|-----------------------------9-11-12---------| G|----------------------8-9-12-----------------| D|---------------8-9-11------------------------| A|---------10-11-------------------------------| E|-9-11-12-------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------11-12-| B|----------------------------------11-12-14-------| G|----------------------------12-13----------------| D|-------------------11-13-14----------------------| A|-------10-11-13-14-------------------------------| E|-11-12-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-| B|----------------------------------14-16-17-------| G|-------------------------13-15-16----------------| D|----------------13-14-17-------------------------| A|-------13-14-16----------------------------------| E|-15-16-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-18-19-| B|-------------------------------------16-17-------------| G|----------------------------15-16-18-------------------| D|----------------------17-18----------------------------| A|-------------16-18-19----------------------------------| E|-15-16-18-19-------------------------------------------|
How to play Bb Locrian Natural 6 on guitar
Find the root first: Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Bb on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (♭3, ♭5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 6–10. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bb |
| ♭2 | Cb |
| ♭3 | Db |
| 4 | Eb |
| ♭5 | Fb |
| 6 | G |
| ♭7 | Ab |
Chords in Bb Locrian Natural 6
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in Bb Locrian Natural 6; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| i° | Bbdim | Bbm7b5 | Tonic |
| ♭II+ | Cbaug | Cbmaj7#5 | Supertonic |
| ♭iii | Dbm | Dbm7 | Mediant |
| IV | Eb | Eb7 | Subdominant |
| ♭V | Fb | Fbmaj7 | Dominant |
| vi° | Gdim | Gdim7 | Submediant |
| ♭vii | Abm | Abm(maj7) | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Bb Locrian Natural 6 Scale?
- The Bb Locrian Natural 6 Scale has 7 notes: Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, G, Ab.
- What chords are in the Bb Locrian Natural 6 Scale?
- The chords of Bb Locrian Natural 6 are Bbdim (i°), Cbaug (♭II+), Dbm (♭iii), Eb (IV), Fb (♭V), Gdim (vi°), Abm (♭vii).
- What is the formula of the locrian natural 6 scale?
- 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7, which is the step pattern H W W H W+H H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Bb Locrian Natural 6 on the guitar?
- The root Bb is at fret 6 on the low E string and fret 1 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 6–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.