D♭ Locrian Scale
The D♭ Locrian scale contains 7 notes: D♭, E♭♭, F♭, G♭, A♭♭, B♭♭, C♭.
D♭ 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.
D♭ Locrian uses the same notes as D Ματζόρε, started from degree 7 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
D♭ 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 D♭ Locrian
| Βαθμίδα | Νότα | Διάστημα | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D♭ | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | E♭♭ | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | F♭ | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | G♭ | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | A♭♭ | TT | 6 |
| 6 | B♭♭ | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | C♭ | m7 | 10 |
Chords in D♭ Locrian
These are the triads built on each degree of D♭ Locrian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on D♭
Every scale type that starts on D♭, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- D♭ Dorian
- D♭ Phrygian
- D♭ Lydian
- D♭ Mixolydian
- D♭ Harmonic Minor
- D♭ Melodic Minor
- D♭ Harmonic Major
- D♭ Hungarian Minor
- D♭ Phrygian Dominant
- D♭ Lydian Dominant
- D♭ Major Pentatonic
- D♭ Minor Pentatonic
- D♭ Blues
- D♭ Whole Tone
- D♭ Chromatic
- D♭ Half-Whole Diminished
- D♭ Whole-Half Diminished
- D♭ Bebop Dominant
- D♭ Bebop Major
Locrian in every key
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What notes are in the D♭ Locrian scale?
The D♭ Locrian scale has 7 notes: D♭, E♭♭, F♭, G♭, A♭♭, B♭♭, C♭.
What is the formula for the D♭ Locrian scale?
The D♭ 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 D♭ Locrian derived from?
D♭ Locrian is the mode of D Ματζόρε that starts on its 7 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the D♭ Locrian scale?
The triads built from the D♭ Locrian scale are D♭dim, E♭♭, F♭m, G♭m, A♭♭, B♭♭, C♭m.
