Db Locrian on Guitar
Db Locrian reads Db, Ebb, Fb, Gb, Abb, Bbb and Cb. With Ebb, Abb and Bbb in the list, few people read it; C# Locrian has the same sound and the same frets in a spelling you can read. The root is on the 9th fret of the low E string.
Play the Db locrian scale
Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.
Notes of the Db locrian scale
| Note | Degree | Interval | Semitones from root |
|---|---|---|---|
| Db | 1 | Root | 0 |
| Ebb | b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 |
| Fb | b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 |
| Gb | 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 |
| Abb | b5 | Tritone | 6 |
| Bbb | b6 | Minor 6th | 8 |
| Cb | b7 | Minor 7th | 10 |
Structure
Db locrian scale notes:
How the locrian scale is built:
The locrian scale is built from the degrees 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7, which gives the step pattern H-W-W-H-W-W-W (W = whole step, H = half step).
Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10. That makes it a 7-note scale.
It is mode 7 of the Major Scale, so both scales share the same notes from a different starting point.
Db Locrian Scale Guitar Patterns
Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.
On one string (B)
Box pattern — position 1
Box pattern — position 2
Box pattern — position 3
Box pattern — position 4
Box pattern — position 5
3 notes per string — position 1
3 notes per string — position 2
3 notes per string — position 3
3 notes per string — position 4
3 notes per string — position 5
Chords in the Db locrian scale
Stacking thirds on each degree of the scale gives these chords.
Related modes
These scales share the same notes as the locrian scale, starting from a different degree.
The locrian scale in other keys
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Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher
