Fretwork

B Locrian

The seventh mode of the major scale. Unstable by construction, since its fifth is flattened, and rarely used on its own.

Notes BCDEFGA
Degrees 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 1 semitone · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 6 semitones · 8 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBE4♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Position at fret 1

1357EADGBE♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭2♭34♭5♭5♭6♭7

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBE1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭5♭6♭71♭2♭3

Other keys

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B