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Eb Major Locrian Scale
Locrian with a major 2nd and a major 3rd: 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7. Mode 5 of Neapolitan Major, also called Arabian.
Tap any note to hear it.
Eb Major Locrian 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|-------------------------------------------11-13-15-| B|-------------------------------------12-14----------| G|----------------------------12-13-14----------------| D|-------------------11-13-15-------------------------| A|----------11-12-14----------------------------------| E|-11-13-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------13-15-16-17-| B|-------------------------------------14-16-------------| G|----------------------------13-14-16-------------------| D|-------------------13-15-17----------------------------| A|-------------14-16-------------------------------------| E|-13-15-16-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-16-17-19-| B|-------------------------------------16-18-------------| G|-------------------------------16-18-------------------| D|-------------------15-17-18-19-------------------------| A|-------------16-18-------------------------------------| E|-15-16-17-19-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------19-21-| B|----------------------------------20-21-22-------| G|-------------------------18-20-22----------------| D|----------------18-19-21-------------------------| A|-------18-20-22----------------------------------| E|-19-21-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------21-| B|-------------------20-21-22----| G|-------------20-22-------------| D|----------21-------------------| A|----20-22----------------------| E|-21----------------------------|
How to play Eb Major Locrian on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb 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 11–15. 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 | Eb |
| 2 | F |
| 3 | G |
| 4 | Ab |
| ♭5 | A |
| ♭6 | Cb |
| ♭7 | Db |
Chords in Eb Major Locrian
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in Eb Major Locrian; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | — | — | Tonic |
| ii° | Fdim | Fm7b5 | Supertonic |
| III | — | — | Mediant |
| iv | Abm | Abm(maj7) | Subdominant |
| ♭V+ | Aaug | Amaj7#5 | Dominant |
| ♭VI+ | Cbaug | — | Submediant |
| ♭VII | Db | Db7 | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Major Locrian Scale?
- The Eb Major Locrian Scale has 7 notes: Eb, F, G, Ab, A, Cb, Db.
- What chords are in the Eb Major Locrian Scale?
- The chords of Eb Major Locrian are Fdim (ii°), Abm (iv), Aaug (♭V+), Cbaug (♭VI+), Db (♭VII).
- What is the formula of the major locrian scale?
- 1 2 3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W W H H W W W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play Eb Major Locrian on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–15, and four more positions connect it up the neck.