A♭ Locrian 𝄫7Scale
Formula
A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 on the chromatic circle
A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 is the 7th mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in A♭ Locrian 𝄫7
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 fits
Over diminished 7 chords: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.
A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 is mode 7 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- A♭ Locrian 𝄫7
- B𝄫 Harmonic major
- C♭ Dorian ♭5
- D♭ Phrygian ♭4
- E𝄫 Lydian ♭3
- F♭ Mixolydian ♭2
- G𝄫 Lydian augmented ♯2
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Locrian 𝄫7 scale in every key
A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale questions
What notes are in the A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale?
A♭ B𝄫 C♭ D♭ E𝄫 F♭ G𝄫. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7.
What is the A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 𝄫7, or in steps between the notes, H W W H W H 1½ (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
What chords are in the A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale?
A♭°7 (i°), B𝄫maj7 (♭II), C♭m7♭5 (♭iii°), D♭m7 (iv), E𝄫m(maj7) (♭v), F♭7 (♭VI), G𝄫maj7♯5 (𝄫VII+).
When is the A♭ Locrian 𝄫7 scale used?
Over diminished 7 chords: rare, mostly met when studying harmonic major.