ChordWheel

D locrian mode on guitar

D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C (1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7)

The vii° chord's scale. Rarely home; mostly theory.

The whole neck

1234567891011121314151617 E A D G B e F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭
rootscale noteLow E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard

The 5 CAGED positions

Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.

Position 1 (frets 10–13)

91011121314 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2

Position 2 (frets 0–4)

12345 E A D G B e ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5

Position 3 (frets 3–6)

234567 E A D G B e 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6

Position 4 (frets 4–9)

345678910 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭5

Position 5 (frets 6–11)

56789101112 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭6 ♭2

Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard.

Related

Other scales from D

Locrian mode in other keys