Colour key
R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
A♭ Locrian ♮2
Natural 2nd on a Locrian base. A smoother half-diminished.
Where you hear it: Over m7♭5 chords.
Step pattern W – H – W – H – W – W – W
- Parent scale: B melodic minor (starts on its 6th degree)
- Compared with A♭ major: ♭3 C → C♭, ♭5 E♭ → E♭♭, ♭6 F → F♭, ♭7 G → G♭
- Compared with A♭ natural minor: ♭5 E♭ → E♭♭
A♭ Locrian ♮2 on the guitar
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in the pentatonic r ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭7: playedother notes of Locrian ♮2: not playedPlay runs up the position from its lowest note and back down; Sample melody plays a short tune using only its notes. Tap a position's name to see it on the neck.
Modes with the same notes as A♭ Locrian ♮2
Every chord in A♭ Locrian ♮2
- A♭m7♭51/15easyfret 4· shell
- B♭m7♭51/12easyfret 1· shell
- C♭m(maj7)1/6mediumfret 2
- D♭m71/15easyfret 4· shell
- E♭♭maj7♯51/10easyfret 10· shell
- F♭71/22easyopen
- G♭71/18easyfret 2· shell
Each chord stacks every other note of the scale (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th). Tap a row to hear it.
Iconic progressions in A♭ Locrian ♮2
A few well-known chord loops that bring out this scale’s sound. Play one through, or tap a chord to hear it.
i° – iv
Half-diminished tonic moving to a minor 7th chord. The natural 2nd makes this the least unstable of the Locrian-type modes.
i° – ♭VI – ♭VII
A diminished home chord with two major chords above it, ♭VI and ♭VII, climbing in steps.
Sus and extension chords from each chord
From A♭dim you can go through the 2nd of the scale to sus2 and 9 chords, through the 4th to sus4 and 11, and so on. All seven chords of A♭ Locrian ♮2.
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