Cis Locrian Scale
The Cis Locrian scale contains 7 notes: Cis, D, E, Fis, G, A, H.
Cis Locrian scale on the piano
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What is the Locrian scale?
Locrian is the seventh mode of the major scale — a minor scale with both a lowered second and a lowered fifth. Because the fifth is diminished the tonic chord is unstable, so Locrian is used over half-diminished chords rather than as a key.
Cis Locrian uses the same notes as D Dur, started from degree 7 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Cis Locrian is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of Cis Locrian
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cis | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | D | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Fis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | G | TT | 6 |
| 6 | A | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | H | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Cis Locrian
These are the triads built on each degree of Cis Locrian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Cis
Every scale type that starts on Cis, for comparison.
- C♯ major
- Cis Dorian
- Cis Phrygian
- Cis Lydian
- Cis Mixolydian
- Cis Harmonic Minor
- Cis Melodic Minor
- Cis Harmonic Major
- Cis Hungarian Minor
- Cis Phrygian Dominant
- Cis Lydian Dominant
- Cis Major Pentatonic
- Cis Minor Pentatonic
- Cis Blues
- Cis Whole Tone
- Cis Chromatic
- Cis Half-Whole Diminished
- Cis Whole-Half Diminished
- Cis Bebop Dominant
- Cis Bebop Major
Locrian in every key
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What notes are in the Cis Locrian scale?
The Cis Locrian scale has 7 notes: Cis, D, E, Fis, G, A, H.
What is the formula for the Cis Locrian scale?
The Cis Locrian scale follows the step pattern H–W–W–H–W–W–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
What scale is Cis Locrian derived from?
Cis Locrian is the mode of D Dur that starts on its 7 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Cis Locrian scale?
The triads built from the Cis Locrian scale are Cisdim, D, Em, Fism, G, A, Hm.
