D♭ Locrian ♮6Scale

Formula

H W W H 1½ H W 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7
The family

D♭ Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle

D♭ Locrian ♮6 is the 2nd mode of the Harmonic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H W W H 1½ H ♭7 C♭I Harmonic minor 1 D♭II Locrian ♮6 ♭2 E𝄫III Ionian ♯5 ♭3 F♭IV Dorian ♯4 4 G♭V Phrygian dominant ♭5 A𝄫VI Lydian ♯2 6 B♭VII Altered 𝄫7 D♭ Locrian ♮6
The whole neck

D♭ 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.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5
Harmony

Chords in D♭ 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.

DegreeChordNotes
i°D♭m7♭5D♭ F♭ A𝄫 C♭
♭II+E𝄫maj7♯5E𝄫 G♭ B♭ D♭
♭iiiF♭m7F♭ A𝄫 C♭ E𝄫
IVG♭7G♭ B♭ D♭ F♭
♭VA𝄫maj7A𝄫 C♭ E𝄫 G♭
vi°B♭°7B♭ D♭ F♭ A𝄫
♭viiC♭m(maj7)C♭ E𝄫 G♭ B♭
Context

Where D♭ Locrian ♮6 fits

Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.

D♭ 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

D♭ Locrian ♮6 scale questions

What notes are in the D♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?

D♭ E𝄫 F♭ G♭ A𝄫 B♭ C♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7.

What is the D♭ 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 D♭ Locrian ♮6 scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of D♭ 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 C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.

What chords are in the D♭ Locrian ♮6 scale?

D♭m7♭5 (i°), E𝄫maj7♯5 (♭II+), F♭m7 (♭iii), G♭7 (IV), A𝄫maj7 (♭V), B♭°7 (vi°), C♭m(maj7) (♭vii).

When is the D♭ Locrian ♮6 scale used?

Over the m7♭5 ii chord of a minor key: a mode of harmonic minor, darker than Locrian ♮2.