What chords are in E Locrian?

Triads: E°, F, Gm, Am, B♭, C, Dm. Seventh chords: Em7♭5, Fmaj7, Gm7, Am7, B♭maj7, C7, Dm7.

Where do you play E Locrian on guitar?

In standard tuning there are 7 positions with 3 notes per string; the first one starts on the root, between frets 0 and 5.

What chords can you improvise over with E Locrian?

Locrian vamp (iø7–♭IImaj7): Em7♭5 | Fmaj7. No perfect fifth: the B♭ is the color. The ♭II gives the F somewhere to land. Also: Modal (a Em7♭5 vamp).

E Locrian scale on guitar: notes, chords and positions

Tuning

Tap a key to hear it · hold it to make it the root

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Chords of the scale tap one to hear it and see it on the instrument

Formula W whole step · H half step

Degrees and intervals

E Locrian scale on guitar

E Locrian has 7 notes: E F G A B♭ C D. Degrees: 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7. Formula: H W W H W W W.

What notes are in the E Locrian scale?

E, F, G, A, B♭, C and D. It has 7 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is H W W H W W W.

What does E Locrian sound like, and when do you use it?

Unstable, no perfect fifth: pure tension that wants to move. Use it over m7♭5 · the vii of a major key (the ii of a minor ii–V).

Chords in E Locrian

Degree	Triad	Seventh chord
i°	E°	Em7♭5
♭II	F	Fmaj7
♭iii	Gm	Gm7
iv	Am	Am7
♭V	B♭	B♭maj7
♭VI	C	C7
♭vii	Dm	Dm7

Chord progressions to improvise with E Locrian

In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fretboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in E:

Locrian vamp (iø7–♭IImaj7): Em7♭5 | Fmaj7. No perfect fifth: the B♭ is the color. The ♭II gives the F somewhere to land.
Modal (iø7): a Em7♭5 vamp. A sustained half-diminished chord: pure tension that wants to move.

E Locrian positions on guitar

In standard tuning (E A D G B E), with 3 notes per string, E Locrian is played in 7 positions along the neck:

Position 1: frets 0 to 5 (starts on the root)
Position 2: frets 1 to 6
Position 3: frets 3 to 8
Position 4: frets 5 to 10
Position 5: frets 6 to 12
Position 6: frets 8 to 13
Position 7: frets 10 to 15

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