SCALE REFERENCE

C Locrian

C – D♭ – E♭ – F – G♭ – A♭ – B♭1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7

The 7th mode of the major scale — a diminished tonic and a flat 2nd and 5th. Rare as a key centre, common over m7b5 chords.

Notes & degrees
C1D♭b2E♭b3F4G♭b5A♭b6B♭b7
NotesC, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb
StepsH – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
CFD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭BCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭DE♭FG♭A♭B♭CD♭AB♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭EFG♭A♭B♭CD♭E♭CCD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭CGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FG♭

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°CdimCm7♭5
♭IID♭D♭maj7
♭iiiE♭mE♭m7
ivFmFm7
♭VG♭G♭maj7
♭VIA♭A♭7
♭viiB♭mB♭m7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

i°Cdim♭IID♭♭iiiE♭mivFm♭VG♭♭VIA♭♭viiB♭m
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC Mixolydian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic MajorC Phrygian DominantC Lydian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC Neapolitan Minor
Locrian on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.