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G# locrian scale for guitar

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

Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
G# Locrian
1b2b34b5b6b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
EF#G#ABC#DEF#BC#DEF#G#ABC#DG#ABC#DEF#G#ADEF#G#ABC#DEABC#DEF#G#ABEF#G#ABC#DEF#35791512
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Legend

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

Scale sheet

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