Ais Locrian Scale
The Ais Locrian scale contains 7 notes: Ais, H, Cis, Dis, E, Fis, Gis.
Ais 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.
Ais Locrian uses the same notes as H Duuri, started from degree 7 instead of the first. The notes are shared; the tonic, and therefore the sound, is not.
Ais 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 Ais Locrian
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ais | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | H | m2 | 1 |
| 3 | Cis | m3 | 3 |
| 4 | Dis | P4 | 5 |
| 5 | E | TT | 6 |
| 6 | Fis | m6 | 8 |
| 7 | Gis | m7 | 10 |
Chords in Ais Locrian
These are the triads built on each degree of Ais Locrian using only notes from the scale.
Other scales on Ais
Every scale type that starts on Ais, for comparison.
- A♯ minor
- Ais Dorian
- Ais Phrygian
- Ais Lydian
- Ais Mixolydian
- Ais Harmonic Minor
- Ais Melodic Minor
- Ais Harmonic Major
- Ais Hungarian Minor
- Ais Phrygian Dominant
- Ais Lydian Dominant
- Ais Major Pentatonic
- Ais Minor Pentatonic
- Ais Blues
- Ais Whole Tone
- Ais Chromatic
- Ais Half-Whole Diminished
- Ais Whole-Half Diminished
- Ais Bebop Dominant
- Ais Bebop Major
Locrian in every key
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What notes are in the Ais Locrian scale?
The Ais Locrian scale has 7 notes: Ais, H, Cis, Dis, E, Fis, Gis.
What is the formula for the Ais Locrian scale?
The Ais 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 Ais Locrian derived from?
Ais Locrian is the mode of H Duuri that starts on its 7 degree. Both scales use the same notes but resolve to a different tonic.
What chords are in the Ais Locrian scale?
The triads built from the Ais Locrian scale are Aisdim, H, Cism, Dism, E, Fis, Gism.
