Piano scale · Modes
B Locrian scale on piano
How to play the B Locrian scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.
The darkest mode, built on a diminished triad — rare, unstable and haunting.
Mode 7 of the major scale: the same notes as C major, starting from its 7th note.
- Notes
- BCDEFGA
- Formula
- 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWHWWW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handB1C2D3E1F2G3A4B5
Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.
Chords in the B Locrian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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