Guitar UpscaleLocrian Natural 6 scale on guitar
Locrian natural 6 is Locrian with a major sixth, the second mode of harmonic minor.
| Notes in A | A Bb C D Eb F# G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 4 b5 6 b7 |
| Steps | H W W H W+H H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "Locrian Alternative 2" |
Play A Locrian Natural 6 on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Locrian Natural 6 scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 6th and flat 7th. B Locrian natural 6 has the notes of A harmonic minor.
The major 6th gives a bit of light to the dark Locrian sound.
Use it over the m7b5 chord on the 2nd of a harmonic minor key.
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 |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Chords in A Locrian Natural 6
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| i° | Adim | Am7b5 |
| bII+ | Bbaug | Bbmaj7#5 |
| biii | Cm | Cm7 |
| IV | D | D7 |
| bV | Eb | Ebmaj7 |
| vi° | F#dim | F#dim7 |
| bvii | Gm | GmMaj7 |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Locrian Natural 6 scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Ionian #5
- From degree b3 (C): C Romanian Minor (Ukrainian Dorian)
- From degree 4 (D): D Phrygian Dominant (Hijaz, Ahava Rabbah)
- From degree b5 (Eb): Eb Lydian #2
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Ultralocrian
- From degree b7 (G): G Harmonic Minor
Locrian Natural 6 in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb F Gb A Bb | Open |
| C# | C# D E F# G A# B | Open |
| D | D Eb F G Ab B C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb Ab A C Db | Open |
| E | E F G A Bb C# D | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab Bb Cb D Eb | Open |
| F# | F# G A B C D# E | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb C Db E F | Open |
| G# | G# A B C# D E# F# | Open |
| A | A Bb C D Eb F# G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db Eb Fb G Ab | Open |
| B | B C D E F G# A | Open |
More Special scales
- Chromatic Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
- Leading Whole Tone
- Diminished (Whole Half)
- Diminished (Half Whole)
- Diminished Whole Tone
- Octatonic Scale
- Augmented Scale
- Enigmatic Scale
- Nine Tone Scale
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Ultralocrian
- Ionian #5