G Locrian ♮6Scale

Formula

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

G Locrian ♮6 on the chromatic circle

G 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 FI Harmonic minor 1 GII Locrian ♮6 ♭2 A♭III Ionian ♯5 ♭3 B♭IV Dorian ♯4 4 CV Phrygian dominant ♭5 D♭VI Lydian ♯2 6 EVII Altered 𝄫7 G Locrian ♮6
The whole neck

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

Chords in G 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°Gm7♭5G B♭ D♭ F
♭II+A♭maj7♯5A♭ C E G
♭iiiB♭m7B♭ D♭ F A♭
IVC7C E G B♭
♭VD♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
vi°E°7E G B♭ D♭
♭viiFm(maj7)F A♭ C E
Context

Where G Locrian ♮6 fits

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

G 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

G Locrian ♮6 scale questions

What notes are in the G Locrian ♮6 scale?

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

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

This page draws every note of G 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 G Locrian ♮6 scale?

Gm7♭5 (i°), A♭maj7♯5 (♭II+), B♭m7 (♭iii), C7 (IV), D♭maj7 (♭V), E°7 (vi°), Fm(maj7) (♭vii).

When is the G Locrian ♮6 scale used?

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