Des Locrian Scale: Notes, Formula & Chords

Des Locrian scale on the piano

Des – E♭♭ – Fes – Ges – A♭♭ – H♭♭ – Ces

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Scale type: Locrian
Number of notes: 7
Formel: H–W–W–H–W–W–W
Parent scale: D Dur (degree 7)

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.

Des 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.

Des 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 Des Locrian

Trin	Node	Interval	Semitones
1	Des	P1	0
2	E♭♭	m2	1
3	Fes	m3	3
4	Ges	P4	5
5	A♭♭	TT	6
6	H♭♭	m6	8
7	Ces	m7	10

Chords in Des Locrian

These are the triads built on each degree of Des Locrian using only notes from the scale.

Other scales on Des

Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.

Locrian in every key

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What notes are in the Des Locrian scale?

The Des Locrian scale has 7 notes: Des, E♭♭, Fes, Ges, A♭♭, H♭♭, Ces.

What is the formula for the Des Locrian scale?

The Des 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 Des Locrian derived from?

Des 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 Des Locrian scale?

The triads built from the Des Locrian scale are Desdim, E♭♭, Fesm, Gesm, A♭♭, H♭♭, Cesm.