E♭ Locrian ♮6Scale

Formula

H W W H 1½ H W 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7
The family

E♭ Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle

E♭ Locrian ♮6 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H ♭7 D♭I Harmonic minor 1 E♭II Locrian ♮6 ♭2 F♭III Ionian ♯5 ♭3 G♭IV Dorian ♯4 4 A♭V Phrygian dominant ♭5 B𝄫VI Lydian ♯2 6 CVII Altered 𝄫7 E♭ Locrian ♮6
The whole neck

E♭ 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3
Harmony

Chords in E♭ 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.

DegreeChordNotes
i°E♭m7♭5E♭ G♭ B𝄫 D♭
♭II+F♭maj7♯5F♭ A♭ C E♭
♭iiiG♭m7G♭ B𝄫 D♭ F♭
IVA♭7A♭ C E♭ G♭
♭VB𝄫maj7B𝄫 D♭ F♭ A♭
vi°C°7C E♭ G♭ B𝄫
♭viiD♭m(maj7)D♭ F♭ A♭ C
Context

Where E♭ Locrian ♮6 fits

Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.

E♭ 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

E♭ Locrian ♮6 scale questions

What notes are in the E♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?

E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B𝄫 C D♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7.

What is the E♭ 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 E♭ Locrian ♮6 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of E♭ 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 D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape.

What chords are in the E♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?

E♭m7♭5 (i°), F♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), G♭m7 (♭iii), A♭7 (IV), B𝄫maj7 (♭V), C°7 (vi°), D♭m(maj7) (♭vii).

When is the E♭ Locrian ♮6 scale used?

Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.