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Fig. 1 · A# Locrian · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

A♯ Locrian

A♯1B♭2C♯♭3D♯4E♭5F♯♭6G♯♭7

The only mode of the major scale whose fifth is diminished, which is why its tonic chord cannot rest.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are B♭ Locrian.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · A# Locrian, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

A♯HBWC♯WD♯HEWF♯WG♯WA♯

What is true of it

A♯ Locrian is A♯, B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯ and G♯, and back to A♯.

Its steps are H – W – W – H – W – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, A♯ Phrygian differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhD♯mminorD♯m7minor seventhEmajorEmaj7major seventhF♯majorF♯7dominant seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on A♯

A♯ DorianmodeA♯ PhrygianmodeA♯ LydianmodeA♯ majormajorA♯ natural minorminorA♯ harmonic minorminor

C locC♯ locD♭ locD locD♯ locE♭ locE locF locall 374