Guitar Scale Logic
C# Locrian Guitar Scale in Drop D
Locrian scale notes, fretboard positions and guitar tabs for Drop D.
Scale Tablature
Position 1
E|---------------------------0--2--3--| B|---------------------2--3-----------| G|------------0--2--4-----------------| D|---0--2--4--------------------------| A|4-----------------------------------| D|------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • five-fret position fragment • 12 notes
Theory & Context
Why This Shape Works
The C# Locrian scale uses C♯, D, E, F♯, G, A, B and the formula 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7. In Drop D tuning, the open strings run E B G D A D from highest to lowest, so use this map rather than a Standard-tuning shape. Use the map to locate each C# root, then select a five-fret position to see its tablature. The chord suggestions use notes from this scale.
Locrian sounds unstable, angular and deliberately tense. Try it for outside-sounding riffs, dark soundtrack parts and diminished movement. Drop D lowers the sixth string from E to D. The other five strings stay in Standard tuning, so only the low-string notes move.
Use the b5 carefully and resolve often or the line will sound completely ungrounded. In Drop D, check the sixth-string frets before reusing a Standard-tuning pattern.
- C♯
- D
- E
- F♯
- G
- A
- B
Suggested Chords
Works Well With This Scale
These chords contain notes from the selected scale.
- C♯m7b5minor 7 flat 5
- Dsus4sus4
- D5power
- Emminor
- Esus4sus4
- E5power
- Em7minor 7
- F♯mminor
- F♯sus4sus4
- F♯5power