SCALE REFERENCE

D Locrian

D – E♭ – F – G – A♭ – B♭ – C1 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
D1E♭b2Fb3G4A♭b5B♭b6Cb7
NotesD, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C
StepsH – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
DFGCE♭A♭B♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eFGA♭B♭CDE♭BCDE♭FGA♭B♭GGA♭B♭CDE♭FGDDE♭FGA♭B♭CDAB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭

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

357912AB♭CDE♭FGA♭EFGA♭B♭CDE♭CCDE♭FGA♭B♭CGGA♭B♭CDE♭FG

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°DdimDm7♭5
♭IIE♭E♭maj7
♭iiiFmFm7
ivGmGm7
♭VA♭A♭maj7
♭VIB♭B♭7
♭viiCmCm7

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

i°Ddim♭IIE♭♭iiiFmivGm♭VA♭♭VIB♭♭viiCm
Other scales on D

Core scales & modes

D MajorD Natural MinorD Harmonic MinorD Melodic MinorD DorianD PhrygianD LydianD Mixolydian

Pentatonic & blues

D Major PentatonicD Minor PentatonicD BluesD Major Blues

Jazz & altered

D Harmonic MajorD Phrygian DominantD Lydian DominantD AlteredD Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

D Whole ToneD Diminished (Whole–Half)D Diminished (Half–Whole)D Augmented Scale

World & exotic

D Hungarian MinorD Double Harmonic MajorD 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.