C Locrian Scale — Ukulele
C Locrian on ukulele: notes C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb — free scale chart, no sign-up. The darkest, most unstable mode — both the 3rd and 5th are flattened, rarely a home key but essential over half-diminished chords.
Ukulele, tuned low to high: G, C, E, A. 12 frets.
- G string: fret 1 Ab (flat 6), fret 3 Bb (flat 7), fret 5 C (root), fret 6 Db (flat 2), fret 8 Eb (flat 3), fret 10 F (4), fret 11 Gb (flat 5).
- C string: fret 0 C (root), fret 1 Db (flat 2), fret 3 Eb (flat 3), fret 5 F (4), fret 6 Gb (flat 5), fret 8 Ab (flat 6), fret 10 Bb (flat 7), fret 12 C (root).
- E string: fret 1 F (4), fret 2 Gb (flat 5), fret 4 Ab (flat 6), fret 6 Bb (flat 7), fret 8 C (root), fret 9 Db (flat 2), fret 11 Eb (flat 3).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (flat 7), fret 3 C (root), fret 4 Db (flat 2), fret 6 Eb (flat 3), fret 8 F (4), fret 9 Gb (flat 5), fret 11 Ab (flat 6).
Notes in the C locrian scale
The C locrian scale contains 7 notes: C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb. Its scale degrees are R · b2 · b3 · 4 · b5 · b6 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | C |
| b2 | Db |
| b3 | Eb |
| 4 | F |
| b5 | Gb |
| b6 | Ab |
| b7 | Bb |
C locrian on ukulele
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.