B Locrian Scale
4-string bass · mode VII · 7 notes · minor family
Notes
B
C
D
E
F
G
A
Solfège : Si – Do – Ré – Mi – Fa – Sol – La
Interval Structure
B
½T
C
T
D
T
E
½T
F
T
G
T
A
→
B+oct.
T
Scale Chords (triads)
| Degree | Chord (in B) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| i° | B° | diminished |
| II | C | Major |
| iii | Dm | minor |
| iv | Em | minor |
| V | F | Major |
| VI | G | Major |
| vii | Am | minor |
About this scale
The Locrian mode, with its diminished 5th (b5), is the most unstable diatonic mode. Rarely used in its pure form, it appears mainly on half-diminished (iiø7) chords in jazz cadences. Bass players use it as a passing color to reinforce harmonic instability.
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