D Locrian ♮2Scale
Formula
D Locrian ♮2 on the chromatic circle
D Locrian ♮2 is the 6th mode of the Melodic minor family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
D Locrian ♮2 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 D Locrian ♮2
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where D Locrian ♮2 fits
Over m7♭5 chords, the ii of a minor ii–V–i in jazz. Its natural 2nd sits better over the chord than Locrian’s ♭2.
D Locrian ♮2 is mode 6 of the melodic 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 ♮2 scale in every key
D Locrian ♮2 scale questions
What notes are in the D Locrian ♮2 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 ♮2 scale formula?
1 2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, W H W H W W 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 ♮2 scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of D Locrian ♮2 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 ♮2 scale?
Dm7♭5 (i°), Em7♭5 (ii°), Fm(maj7) (♭iii), Gm7 (iv), A♭maj7♯5 (♭V+), B♭7 (♭VI), C7 (♭VII).
When is the D Locrian ♮2 scale used?
Over m7♭5 chords, the ii of a minor ii–V–i in jazz. Its natural 2nd sits better over the chord than Locrian’s ♭2.