SCALE REFERENCE

B Locrian

B – C – D – E – F – G – A1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7

The 7th mode of the major scale — a diminished tonic and a flat 2nd and 5th. Rare as a key centre, common over m7b5 chords.

Notes & degrees
B1Cb2Db3E4Fb5Gb6Ab7
NotesB, C, D, E, F, G, A
StepsH – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
BCDEFGA
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGABCDEBBCDEFGABGGABCDEFGDDEFGABCDAABCDEFGAEEFGABCDE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABCDEFGAEEFGABCDECCDEFGABCGGABCDEFG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°BdimBm7♭5
♭IICCmaj7
♭iiiDmDm7
ivEmEm7
♭VFFmaj7
♭VIGG7
♭viiAmAm7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

i°Bdim♭IIC♭iiiDmivEm♭VF♭VIG♭viiAm
Other scales on B

Core scales & modes

B MajorB Natural MinorB Harmonic MinorB Melodic MinorB DorianB PhrygianB LydianB Mixolydian

Pentatonic & blues

B Major PentatonicB Minor PentatonicB BluesB Major Blues

Jazz & altered

B Harmonic MajorB Phrygian DominantB Lydian DominantB AlteredB Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

B Whole ToneB Diminished (Whole–Half)B Diminished (Half–Whole)B Augmented Scale

World & exotic

B Hungarian MinorB Double Harmonic MajorB Neapolitan Minor
Locrian on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.