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Fig. 1 · C# Locrian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ Locrian

C♯1D♭2E♭3F♯4G♭5A♭6B♭7

The only mode of the major scale whose fifth is diminished, which is why its tonic chord cannot rest.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♭ Locrian.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# Locrian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

C♯HDWEWF♯HGWAWBWC♯

What is true of it

C♯ Locrian is C♯, D, E, F♯, G, A and B, and back to C♯.

Its steps are H – W – W – H – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, C♯ Phrygian differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 31 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯dimdiminishedC♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhDmajorDmaj7major seventhEmminorEm7minor seventhF♯mminorF♯m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on C♯

C♯ DorianmodeC♯ PhrygianmodeC♯ LydianmodeC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor

C locD locD♯ locE♭ locE locF locF♯ locG♭ locall 374