Modes
C♯ Locrian scale
The darkest mode, built on a diminished triad — rare, unstable and haunting.
Mode 7 of the major scale: the same notes as D major, starting from its 7th note.
- Notes
- C♯DEF♯GAB
- Formula
- 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWHWWW
How to play the C♯ Locrian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------10-12-14-| B|-------------------------------------10-12-14----------| G|----------------------------9--11-12-------------------| D|-------------------9--11-12----------------------------| A|----------9--10-12-------------------------------------| E|-9--10-12----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 9–14
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-------------2-4-| E|-------2-3-------| C|-1-2-4-----------| G|-----------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the C♯ Locrian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
