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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|-----------------------------2-3-4-| B|-------------------------3-4-------| G|---------------------4-5-----------| D|---------------4-5-6---------------| A|-------2-3-5-6---------------------| E|-2-3-4-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------4-7-8-| B|-------------------------7-8-------| G|-----------------4-5-7-8-----------| D|-----------4-5-6-------------------| A|-------5-6-------------------------| E|-4-7-8-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------7-8-10-| B|--------------------------7-8-9--------| G|----------------------7-8--------------| D|---------------6-9-10------------------| A|--------6-9-10-------------------------| E|-7-8-10--------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------10-11-| B|-----------------------------------12-13-------| G|--------------------------11-12-13-------------| D|---------------9-10-12-13----------------------| A|-------9-10-11---------------------------------| E|-10-11-----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------11-14-15-| B|----------------------------------12-13-15----------| G|-------------------------11-12-13-------------------| D|-------------------12-13----------------------------| A|----------11-14-15----------------------------------| E|-11-14-15-------------------------------------------|
How to play F# Locrian bb3 bb7 on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–6. 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 | G |
| 𝄫3 | Ab |
| 4 | B |
| ♭5 | C |
| ♭6 | D |
| 𝄫7 | Eb |
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 | G | Gmaj7 | Supertonic |
| III | Ab | Abmaj7 | Mediant |
| iv | Bm | — | Subdominant |
| ♭v | Cm | Cm(maj7) | Dominant |
| ♭VI | — | — | Submediant |
| VII+ | Ebaug | Ebmaj7#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#, G, Ab, B, C, D, Eb.
- What chords are in the F# Locrian bb3 bb7 Scale?
- The chords of F# Locrian bb3 bb7 are G (♭II), Ab (III), Bm (iv), Cm (♭v), Ebaug (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 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–6, and four more positions connect it up the neck.