SCALE REFERENCE

F♯ Locrian

F♯ – G – A – B – C – D – E1 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
F♯1Gb2Ab3B4Cb5Db6Eb7
NotesF#, G, A, B, C, D, E
StepsH – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
GABCDEF♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABCDEBBCDEF♯GABGGABCDEF♯GDDEF♯GABCDAABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDE

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

357912AABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDECCDEF♯GABCGGABCDEF♯G

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
♭IIGGmaj7
♭iiiAmAm7
ivBmBm7
♭VCCmaj7
♭VIDD7
♭viiEmEm7

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

i°F♯dim♭IIG♭iiiAmivBm♭VC♭VID♭viiEm
Other scales on F♯

Core scales & modes

F♯ MajorF♯ Natural MinorF♯ Harmonic MinorF♯ Melodic MinorF♯ DorianF♯ PhrygianF♯ LydianF♯ Mixolydian

Pentatonic & blues

F♯ Major PentatonicF♯ Minor PentatonicF♯ BluesF♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F♯ Harmonic MajorF♯ Phrygian DominantF♯ Lydian DominantF♯ AlteredF♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

F♯ Whole ToneF♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)F♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)F♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

F♯ Hungarian MinorF♯ Double Harmonic MajorF♯ 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.