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Locrian ♮6 on cavaquinho (B)

Locrian ♮6 in B: B – C – D – E – F – G# – A. On the cavaquinho, four steel strings pack the scale into a short, bright space — there is nowhere for a note to hide. The box shown runs from fret 1 to 4; the lowest tonic sits on the 3rd string, fret 4, and the hand stays put in the region, with no position shift. Its four steel strings give a bright, sharp attack that cuts through the mix and drives the beat.

Once the shape is memorized, play the box in thirds — the real memory test.

Scale diagramHorizontal fretboard with 4 strings, frets 0–4.1234b34b56b711b2b3b34b5
Frets 1–4

Read the dots by degree: 1 is the tonic (highlighted); the rest follow the scale's formula.

This is one shape of Locrian ♮6 on cavaquinho — this neck alone holds 4 more mapped positions. In Chord & Fret, you press play and watch each note light up on the diagram the instant it sounds; switch the dot labels between degrees, note names and fingers; and run it up, down or in a full round trip. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. 100% offline. See it in Chord & Fret →

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