E Locrian ♮6Scale

Formula

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

E Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle

E 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 DI Harmonic minor 1 EII Locrian ♮6 ♭2 FIII Ionian ♯5 ♭3 GIV Dorian ♯4 4 AV Phrygian dominant ♭5 B♭VI Lydian ♯2 6 C♯VII Altered 𝄫7 E Locrian ♮6
The whole neck

E 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 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭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 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 6 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭3
Harmony

Chords in E 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°Em7♭5E G B♭ D
♭II+Fmaj7♯5F A C♯ E
♭iiiGm7G B♭ D F
IVA7A C♯ E G
♭VB♭maj7B♭ D F A
vi°C♯°7C♯ E G B♭
♭viiDm(maj7)D F A C♯
Context

Where E Locrian ♮6 fits

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

E 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

E Locrian ♮6 scale questions

What notes are in the E Locrian ♮6 scale?

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

What is the E 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 E Locrian ♮6 scale on guitar?

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

What chords are in the E Locrian ♮6 scale?

Em7♭5 (i°), Fmaj7♯5 (♭II+), Gm7 (♭iii), A7 (IV), B♭maj7 (♭V), C♯°7 (vi°), Dm(maj7) (♭vii).

When is the E Locrian ♮6 scale used?

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