D♯ Locrian Scale
The D♯ Locrian scale contains 7 notes: D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯.
D♯ 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.
D♯ Locrian uses the same notes as E Major, 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
| Treaptă | Notă | Interval | 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♯ minor
- 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
Întrebări frecvente
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 E Major 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.
