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C# Locrian Scale

The C# Locrian scale has an unstable, dissonant quality. The seventh mode of D major, it's used over C#m7b5 chords in jazz guitar and provides dark, tense material for metal compositions.

Also known as

  • Db Locrian
  • C# Locrian Mode
  • Db Locrian Mode

Formula

1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7

Notes

C#DEF#GAB

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the C# Locrian scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

i° C# dim
II D Major
iii E Minor
iv F# Minor
V G Major
VI A Major
vii B Minor
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Related Scales

Other C# Scales

MajorMinorHarmonic MinorMelodic MinorMajor PentatonicMinor PentatonicMinor BluesMajor BluesDorianPhrygianLydianMixolydianHarmonic Major

Other Locrian Scales

CDEbEFF#GAbABbB