B♭ Locrian ♮6Scale
Formula
B♭ Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle
B♭ Locrian ♮6 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
B♭ Locrian ♮6 across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in B♭ Locrian ♮6
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where B♭ Locrian ♮6 fits
Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.
B♭ Locrian ♮6 is mode 2 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Locrian ♮6 scale in every key
B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale questions
What notes are in the B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?
B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G A♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7.
What is the B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H W W H 1½ H W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of B♭ Locrian ♮6 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape.
What chords are in the B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?
B♭m7♭5 (i°), C♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), D♭m7 (♭iii), E♭7 (IV), F♭maj7 (♭V), G°7 (vi°), A♭m(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the B♭ Locrian ♮6 scale used?
Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.