Db Locrian Scale

4-string bass  ·  mode VII  ·  7 notes  ·  minor family

Notes

D♭
E♭♭
F♭
G♭
A♭♭
B♭♭
C♭

Solfège : Ré♭ – Mi♭♭ – Fa♭ – Sol♭ – La♭♭ – Si♭♭ – Do♭

Interval Structure

D♭ ½T E♭♭ T F♭ T G♭ ½T A♭♭ T B♭♭ T C♭ D♭+oct. T

Scale Chords (triads)

DegreeChord (in Db)Quality
D♭° diminished
II E♭♭ Major
iii F♭m minor
iv G♭m minor
V A♭♭ Major
VI B♭♭ Major
vii C♭m minor

About this scale

The Locrian mode, with its diminished 5th (b5), is the most unstable diatonic mode. Rarely used in its pure form, it appears mainly on half-diminished (iiø7) chords in jazz cadences. Bass players use it as a passing color to reinforce harmonic instability.

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Same scale in other keys