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Locrian mode
The Locrian mode is the darkest mode, with a flat second and a flat fifth: B C D E F G A, the white keys from B. Every key, piano and guitar, played.
Mika starts the Locrian mode on B and comes home to B.Tap Hear it, or tap any note on the board.
B C D E F G A
The notes of the B Locrian mode
B C D E F G A
Formula: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7. Steps from note to note: 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 semitones (half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole).
The notes of C major, started on its 7th note. What makes it Locrian: the flat fifth (F).
The Locrian mode in all twelve keys
| Root | Notes |
|---|---|
| C | C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ |
| C♯ | C♯ D E F♯ G A B |
| D | D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C |
| E♭ | E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B𝄫 C♭ D♭ |
| E | E F G A B♭ C D |
| F | F G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ |
| F♯ | F♯ G A B C D E |
| G | G A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F |
| G♯ | G♯ A B C♯ D E F♯ |
| A | A B♭ C D E♭ F G |
| B♭ | B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ |
| B | B C D E F G A |
The mode with no home
Locrian's root chord is diminished, so it never settles; that is why songs rarely stay in it. Jazz players use it over a half-diminished chord (m7♭5), the ii chord of a minor ii–V–i. Metal bands borrow its ♭2 and ♭5 for riffs that never resolve.
More scales
Major scale Minor scale Pentatonic scale Chromatic scale Minor pentatonic scale Melodic minor scale
How this page works
Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.
Sources
Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.
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