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