SCALE REFERENCE

G♯ Locrian

G♯ – A – B – C♯ – D – E – F♯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
G♯1Ab2Bb3C♯4Db5Eb6F♯b7
NotesG#, A, B, C#, D, E, F#
StepsH – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Piano
ABDEG♯C♯F♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯G♯ABC♯DEBBC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯DDEF♯G♯ABC♯DAABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DE

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

357912AABC♯DEF♯G♯AEEF♯G♯ABC♯DECC♯DEF♯G♯ABGG♯ABC♯DEF♯

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

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
i°G♯dimG♯m7♭5
♭IIAAmaj7
♭iiiBmBm7
ivC♯mC♯m7
♭VDDmaj7
♭VIEE7
♭viiF♯mF♯m7

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

i°G♯dim♭IIA♭iiiBmivC♯m♭VD♭VIE♭viiF♯m
Other scales on G♯

Core scales & modes

G♯ MajorG♯ Natural MinorG♯ Harmonic MinorG♯ Melodic MinorG♯ DorianG♯ PhrygianG♯ LydianG♯ Mixolydian

Pentatonic & blues

G♯ Major PentatonicG♯ Minor PentatonicG♯ BluesG♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♯ Harmonic MajorG♯ Phrygian DominantG♯ Lydian DominantG♯ AlteredG♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♯ Whole ToneG♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♯ Hungarian MinorG♯ Double Harmonic MajorG♯ 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.