Guitar scale
C# Locrian Guitar Scale
C# Locrian is a seven-note scale built from C#, D, E, F#, G, A, and B. It is the 7th relative mode of D major. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- C#DEF#GAB
- Formula
- 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
- Parent scale
- D major
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent C# root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the C# root notes and connect the remaining locrian tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with C# Locrian loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use C# Locrian over C#m7b5 or half-diminished chords.
- Its flat 2 and flat 5 make it tense, unstable, and most common in jazz or minor ii-V contexts.