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The Locrian Mode originally ascended from B to B'. Not common in Western music, but much used in Eastern. Reference Scale:
Use this table to construct the mode starting on any note, using the pattern of intervals below. Locrian Mode:
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':
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