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C Locrian scale

It has 7 notes: C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb. Formula: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7.

Degree1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
NoteCDbEbFGbAbBb

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Position 4Frets 2–6 · root C
eBGDAE23456b5b6b71b2b34b5b6b71b2b34b5b6b7
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 2 (b5), 4 (b6), 6 (b7)
  • B: 2 (b2), 4 (b3), 6 (4)
  • G: 3 (b7), 5 (1)
  • D: 3 (4), 4 (b5), 6 (b6)
  • A: 3 (1), 4 (b2), 6 (b3)
  • E: 2 (b5), 4 (b6), 6 (b7)
Position 5Frets 4–8 · root C
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (b6), 6 (b7), 8 (1)
  • B: 4 (b3), 6 (4), 7 (b5)
  • G: 5 (1), 6 (b2)
  • D: 4 (b5), 6 (b6), 8 (b7)
  • A: 4 (b2), 6 (b3), 8 (4)
  • E: 4 (b6), 6 (b7), 8 (1)
Position 1Frets 7–11 · root C
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 8 (1), 9 (b2), 11 (b3)
  • B: 7 (b5), 9 (b6), 11 (b7)
  • G: 8 (b3), 10 (4)
  • D: 8 (b7), 10 (1), 11 (b2)
  • A: 8 (4), 9 (b5), 11 (b6)
  • E: 8 (1), 9 (b2), 11 (b3)
3 notes per string, from the rootFrets 8–13 · root C
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (b2), 11 (b3), 13 (4)
  • B: 9 (b6), 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • G: 8 (b3), 10 (4), 11 (b5)
  • D: 8 (b7), 10 (1), 11 (b2)
  • A: 8 (4), 9 (b5), 11 (b6)
  • E: 8 (1), 9 (b2), 11 (b3)
Position 2Frets 9–13 · root C
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (b2), 11 (b3), 13 (4)
  • B: 9 (b6), 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • G: 10 (4), 11 (b5)
  • D: 10 (1), 11 (b2), 13 (b3)
  • A: 9 (b5), 11 (b6), 13 (b7)
  • E: 9 (b2), 11 (b3), 13 (4)
Position 3Frets 11–15 · root C
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Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (b3), 13 (4), 14 (b5)
  • B: 11 (b7), 13 (1), 14 (b2)
  • G: 11 (b5), 13 (b6)
  • D: 11 (b2), 13 (b3), 15 (4)
  • A: 11 (b6), 13 (b7), 15 (1)
  • E: 11 (b3), 13 (4), 14 (b5)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

Other scales in C

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