A♭ Locrian ♮6Scale
Formula
A♭ Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle
A♭ Locrian ♮6 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A♭ Locrian ♮6 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 ♮6
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 ♮6 fits
Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.
A♭ Locrian ♮6 is mode 2 of the harmonic minor family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Locrian ♮6 scale in every key
A♭ Locrian ♮6 scale questions
What notes are in the A♭ Locrian ♮6 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 ♮6 scale formula?
1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, H W W H 1½ H W (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 ♮6 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A♭ Locrian ♮6 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 ♮6 scale?
A♭m7♭5 (i°), B𝄫maj7♯5 (♭II+), C♭m7 (♭iii), D♭7 (IV), E𝄫maj7 (♭V), F°7 (vi°), G♭m(maj7) (♭vii).
When is the A♭ Locrian ♮6 scale used?
Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.