Guitar UpscaleLocrian with a Natural Fifth scale on guitar
This eight note Locrian keeps the flat fifth and adds the perfect fifth back, so the root chord can be a plain minor chord.
| Notes in A | A Bb C D Eb E F G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 4 b5 5 b6 b7 |
| Steps | H W W H H H W W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 8 |
| Style in the app | Minor, scale "Locrian + Major" |
Play A Locrian with a Natural Fifth on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Locrian with a Natural Fifth scale
The scale is Locrian with one more note: the perfect 5th. It has eight notes, with both the flat 5th and the perfect 5th.
With the perfect 5th in place, the root works as a minor chord. The flat 2nd and the flat 5th then act as dark passing notes.
Use the flat 5th as a chromatic step between the 4th and the 5th, the same way blues players use the blue note.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Locrian with a Natural Fifth scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Ichikosucho
- From degree b3 (C): C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- From degree b6 (F): F Bebop Dominant
Locrian with a Natural Fifth in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb F Gb G Ab Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D E F# G G# A B | Open |
| D | D Eb F G Ab A Bb C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb Ab A Bb Cb Db | Open |
| E | E F G A Bb B C D | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab Bb Cb C Db Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G A B C C# D E | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb C Db D Eb F | Open |
| G# | G# A B C# D D# E F# | Open |
| A | A Bb C D Eb E F G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db Eb Fb F Gb Ab | Open |
| B | B C D E F F# G A | Open |