C# locrian scale

7 notes · the ♭5 · 7th mode of D major

Natural minor with a ♭2 and ♭5, so its tonic chord is m7♭5.

Heard in: Björk, "Army of Me".

Key
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
majornatural minordorianmixolydianlydianphrygianlocrianharmonic minormelodic minorlydian dominantlydian augmentedalteredmajor pentatonicminor pentatonicblueswhole tonediminishedhalf-whole diminished

The notes of C# locrian

C#
1
D
♭2
E
♭3
F#
4
G
♭5
A
♭6
B
♭7

the ♭5

35791215♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭2♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭3♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7♭34♭5♭6♭71♭2♭34♭5
Hover a note to see everywhere it falls.

The chords in C# locrian

Each row stacks every other note from one degree. Click a row to see it on the neck.

Each chord of C# locrian, and which notes of the scale it takes
DegreeChord
C#
1
D
♭2
E
♭3
F#
4
G
♭5
A
♭6
B
♭7
iøR·3·5·7
♭II7R·3·5·
♭iii·7R·3·5
iv5·7R·3·
♭V·5·7R·3
♭VI3·5·7R·
♭vii·3·5·7R

What to play C# locrian over

Chords on C# made only of these notes.

C#m7b5C#dim

Other modes on C#

C# majorC# natural minor♭2→2♭5→5C# dorian♭2→2♭5→5♭6→6C# mixolydianC# lydianC# phrygian♭5→5

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
350
150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode