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F Locrian bb3 bb7 Scale
Mode 7 of Double Harmonic Major: Locrian with a doubly flattened 3rd and a doubly flattened 7th.
Tap any note to hear it.
F Locrian bb3 bb7 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|-----------------------------1-2-3-| B|-------------------------2-3-------| G|---------------------3-4-----------| D|---------------3-4-5---------------| A|-------1-2-4-5---------------------| E|-1-2-3-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------3-6-7-| B|-------------------------6-7-------| G|-----------------3-4-6-7-----------| D|-----------3-4-5-------------------| A|-------4-5-------------------------| E|-3-6-7-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------6-7-9-| B|-----------------------6-7-8-------| G|-------------------6-7-------------| D|-------------5-8-9-----------------| A|-------5-8-9-----------------------| E|-6-7-9-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------9-10-| B|--------------------------------11-12------| G|-----------------------10-11-12------------| D|-------------8-9-11-12---------------------| A|------8-9-10-------------------------------| E|-9-10--------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------10-13-14-| B|----------------------------------11-12-14----------| G|-------------------------10-11-12-------------------| D|-------------------11-12----------------------------| A|----------10-13-14----------------------------------| E|-10-13-14-------------------------------------------|
How to play F Locrian bb3 bb7 on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F 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 1–5. 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 | F |
| ♭2 | Gb |
| 𝄫3 | G |
| 4 | Bb |
| ♭5 | Cb |
| ♭6 | Db |
| 𝄫7 | D |
Chords in F Locrian bb3 bb7
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in F Locrian bb3 bb7; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | — | — | Tonic |
| ♭II | Gb | Gbmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | G | Gmaj7 | Mediant |
| iv | Bbm | — | Subdominant |
| ♭v | Cbm | Cbm(maj7) | Dominant |
| ♭VI | — | — | Submediant |
| VII+ | Daug | Dmaj7#5 | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Locrian bb3 bb7 Scale?
- The F Locrian bb3 bb7 Scale has 7 notes: F, Gb, G, Bb, Cb, Db, D.
- What chords are in the F Locrian bb3 bb7 Scale?
- The chords of F Locrian bb3 bb7 are Gb (♭II), G (III), Bbm (iv), Cbm (♭v), Daug (VII+).
- What is the formula of the locrian bb3 bb7 scale?
- 1 ♭2 𝄫3 4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7, which is the step pattern H H W+H H W H W+H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play F Locrian bb3 bb7 on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.