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