Des Locrian Scale
The Des Locrian scale contains 7 notes: Des, E♭♭, Fes, Ges, A♭♭, H♭♭, Ces.
Des 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.
Des Locrian uses the same notes as D Duuri, 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
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | 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.
- D♭ major
- Des Dorian
- Des Phrygian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Melodic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- Des Lydian Dominant
- Des Major Pentatonic
- Des Minor Pentatonic
- Des Blues
- Des Whole Tone
- Des Chromatic
- Des Half-Whole Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Bebop Dominant
- Des Bebop Major
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 Duuri 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.
