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E locrian mode on guitar

E F G A B♭ C D (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 E F G A B♭ C D E F G A 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 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 0–3)

12345 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 1–6)

1234567 E A D G B e ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭2 ♭5

Position 3 (frets 5–8)

456789 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 6–11)

56789101112 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 8–13)

7891011121314 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 E

E minor pentatonicE major pentatonicE blues scaleE major scaleE dorian modeE phrygian modeE lydian modeE mixolydian modeE natural minor scaleE harmonic minor scaleE melodic minor scale

Locrian mode in other keys

CD♭DE♭FF♯GA♭AB♭B