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The Locrian Mode originally ascended from B to B'. Not common in Western music, but much used in Eastern.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1' | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G# | A | A# | B | C |
| Note | C | Db | D | Eb | E | F | Gb | G | Ab | A | Bb | B | C |
Use this table to construct the mode starting on any note, using the pattern of intervals below.
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semitone | Tone | Tone | Semitone | Tone | Tone | Tone | |||||||||
| Note | B | C | D | E | F | G | A | B |
This pattern of intervals: S-T-T-S-T-T-T* is the characteristic of the Locrian mode. Because the mode is characterised by its interval structure, you can start on any note and progress with the same intervals to produce a Locrian mode in that 'key'.
This would be 'G Locrian':
| I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semitone | Tone | Tone | Semitone | Tone | Tone | Tone | |||||||||
| Note | G | Ab(G#) | Bb(A#) | C | Db(C#) | Eb(D#) | F | G |
