Scale · Greek modes

E Locrian

The most unstable mode: a diminished fifth and nowhere comfortable to rest. It shows up in passing, over half-diminished chords.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

Instrument

Also written as E · F · G · A · Bb · C · D.

H · W · W · H · W · W · W

W = whole step · H = half step

1 · b2 · b3 · 4 · b5 · b6 · b7

Triads that fit entirely inside E Locrian. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.