The Locrian mode on guitar
Lowered 2nd and lowered 5th, so even its home chord sounds unstable. The rarest of the modes in whole songs.
A Locrian
A1A#♭2C♭3D4D#♭5F♭6G♭7
Formula: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 · Steps: H · W · W · H · W · W · W (W = whole step, H = half step) · 7 notes
Where it sits on the neck
Every A Locrian note from the open strings to the 12th fret, standard tuning. Gold dots are the root. Above the 12th fret the pattern repeats.
On a phone, swipe the diagram sideways to see the whole neck.
Songs that use it
- Army of Me (Björk). The usual example. Whole songs in Locrian are rare.
In Fretdle
It's the daily board's scale on Sundays. The scale's notes are hidden on the board: you only see the roots, so knowing this pattern is the whole game.