Locrian #2 scale
Restoring the second degree of a Locrian scale to natural produces the sixth mode of melodic minor, the standard choice over half-diminished chords.
- Used for
- Jazz soloing over half-diminished chords.
- Formula
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Steps W H W H W W W Semitones 2-1-2-1-2-2-2 Degrees 1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7 - Relationships
- It is the sixth mode of the Melodic Minor Ascending scale.
- Also called
- Aeolian ♭5.
Locrian #2 in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- D D Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- E E Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- F F Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- G G Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- A A Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
- B B Locrian #2 scale piano guitar
