Locrian Pentatonic scale
Four of these five notes spell a half-diminished chord outright, and the last is the fourth degree, which is why the catalog also names it the Minor 7♭5 Pentatonic.
- Used for
- Jazz solos over half-diminished chords.
- Formula
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Steps 1½ W H 4 semitones W Semitones 3-2-1-4-2 Degrees 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the fifth mode of the Dorian Pentatonic scale.
Locrian Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Locrian Pentatonic scale piano guitar
