A# locrian scale for guitar
Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the A# locrian scale (1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7) on guitar: A# · B · C# · D# · E · F# · G#.
Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
A# Locrian
1b2b34b5b6b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
1
A#
· Root
b2
B
· characteristic note
b3
C#
· Third
4
D#
· Tension
b5
E
· characteristic note
b6
F#
· Tension
b7
G#
· Seventh
Scale sheet
A# LocrianFormula (degrees)
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Notes in key
A# B C# D# E F# G#
Typical use
Over m7b5 (half-diminished).
Locrian
Locrian is the seventh mode of the major scale: a minor scale with a minor second and a diminished fifth. Its two characteristic notes (♭2 and ♭5) make it the most unstable of the seven modes, and it's the natural scale over half-diminished (m7♭5) chords.
Notes of the A# locrian scale: A# · B · C# · D# · E · F# · G#.