Modes
D♯ Locrian scale
The darkest mode, built on a diminished triad — rare, unstable and haunting.
Mode 7 of the major scale: the same notes as E major, starting from its 7th note.
- Notes
- D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯
- Formula
- 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
- Steps
- HWWHWWW
How to play the D♯ Locrian scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------12-14-16-| B|-------------------------------------12-14-16----------| G|----------------------------11-13-14-------------------| D|-------------------11-13-14----------------------------| A|----------11-12-14-------------------------------------| E|-11-12-14----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 11–16
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---------| C|-1-3-4-----------| G|---------1-2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the D♯ Locrian scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
