F sharp Locrian mode on ukulele

The Locrian mode, with its minor second and flat fifth, is the most unstable mode. It is mostly used over half-diminished chords, in jazz and metal.

On the whole neck

GCEAGABCDEF♯GCDEF♯GABCEF♯GABCDEABCDEF♯GA0123456789101112
GCEAGABCDEF♯GCDEF♯GABCEF♯GABCDEABCDEF♯GA0123456789101112

Position from fret 5

GCEACDEF♯GAABCDEF♯56789
GCEACDEF♯GAABCDEF♯56789

Root notes are filled. Strings from the 4th to the 1st; the position starts from the root on the 3rd string, the lowest one.

Notes of the scale

DegreeNoteInterval
1F♯ (F sharp)root
2Gminor second
3Aminor third
4Bperfect fourth
5Cdiminished fifth
6Dminor sixth
7Eminor seventh

Steps between notes: H – W – W – H – W – W – W (W = whole step, H = half step)

This mode uses the same notes as the G major scale, starting from another degree.

Chords of the scale

Triads built on each degree:

  1. F♯dimi°
  2. GII
  3. Amiii
  4. Bmiv
  5. CV
  6. DVI
  7. Emvii

Other F♯ scales

The same scale in other keys