Guitar scale · half-diminished scale
B Locrian Natural 2 Scale
Mode 6 of Melodic Minor: Locrian with a natural 2nd, which softens the most unstable mode.
Tap any note to hear it.
B Locrian Natural 2 Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|----------------------------------7-9-10-| B|-----------------------------8-10--------| G|----------------------7-9-10-------------| D|---------------7-9-11--------------------| A|--------7-8-10---------------------------| E|-7-9-10----------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------9-10-12-13-| B|----------------------------------10-12------------| G|--------------------------9-10-12------------------| D|------------------9-11-12--------------------------| A|------------10-12----------------------------------| E|-9-10-12-13----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------12-13-15-| B|----------------------------------12-14-15----------| G|----------------------------12-14-------------------| D|----------------11-12-14-15-------------------------| A|----------12-14-------------------------------------| E|-12-13-15-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------15-17-| B|----------------------------------15-17-18-------| G|-------------------------14-16-18----------------| D|----------------14-15-17-------------------------| A|-------14-16-17----------------------------------| E|-15-17-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------17-19-| B|----------------------------------17-18-20-------| G|-------------------------16-18-19----------------| D|-------------------17-19-------------------------| A|-------16-17-19-20-------------------------------| E|-17-19-------------------------------------------|
How to play B Locrian Natural 2 on guitar
Find the root first: B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every B on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (♭3, ♭5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 7–11. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | B |
| 2 | C# |
| ♭3 | D |
| 4 | E |
| ♭5 | F |
| ♭6 | G |
| ♭7 | A |
Chords in B Locrian Natural 2
Stack every other note of the scale and you get these seven chords. They are the chords that sound "at home" in B Locrian Natural 2; tap one to see its shapes.
| Degree | Chord | 7th chord | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| i° | Bdim | Bm7b5 | Tonic |
| ii° | C#dim | C#m7b5 | Supertonic |
| ♭iii | Dm | Dm(maj7) | Mediant |
| iv | Em | Em7 | Subdominant |
| ♭V+ | Faug | Fmaj7#5 | Dominant |
| ♭VI | G | G7 | Submediant |
| ♭VII | A | A7 | Leading tone / subtonic |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Locrian Natural 2 Scale?
- The B Locrian Natural 2 Scale has 7 notes: B, C#, D, E, F, G, A.
- What chords are in the B Locrian Natural 2 Scale?
- The chords of B Locrian Natural 2 are Bdim (i°), C#dim (ii°), Dm (♭iii), Em (iv), Faug (♭V+), G (♭VI), A (♭VII).
- What is the formula of the locrian natural 2 scale?
- 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W H W H W W W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play B Locrian Natural 2 on the guitar?
- The root B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 7–11, and four more positions connect it up the neck.