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E Locrian
1 – ♭2 – ♭3 – 4 – ♭5 – ♭6 – ♭7
ABOUT THIS SCALE
The seventh major mode. Its flat second and flat fifth give it an unstable, tense sound useful over diminished or half-diminished harmony.
GUITAR FRETBOARD
E Locrian
Standard tuning — E A D G B E — open through fret 24.
Scale note
Root
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The scale follows a practical two-octave route across nearby
strings and frets. The note currently sounding turns bright white.
JAM OVER THIS
Key of E
Chord progression ideas
Locrian Tension
iø – ♭IImaj7 – iø
Em7♭5
→
Fmaj7
→
Em7♭5
The half-diminished tonic and flat-II strongly expose Locrian's unstable flat second and flat fifth.
Half-Diminished Vamp
iø – iv – iø
Em7♭5
→
Am
→
Em7♭5
A dark modal setting for exploring Locrian without forcing a conventional major or minor tonic.