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C locrian scale for guitar

Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the C locrian scale (1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7) on guitar: C · C# · D# · F · F# · G# · A#.

Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
C Locrian
1b2b34b5b6b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
FF#G#A#CC#D#FF#CC#D#FF#G#A#CC#G#A#CC#D#FF#G#A#D#FF#G#A#CC#D#FA#CC#D#FF#G#A#CFF#G#A#CC#D#FF#35791512
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Legend

1
C
· Root
b2
C#
· characteristic note
b3
D#
· Third
4
F
· Tension
b5
F#
· characteristic note
b6
G#
· Tension
b7
A#
· Seventh

Scale sheet

C Locrian
Formula (degrees)
1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Notes in key
C C# D# F F# G# A#
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 C locrian scale: C · C# · D# · F · F# · G# · A#.