D# Locrian Pentatonic Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in 8-string tuning — fretboard diagram
D# Locrian Pentatonic in 8-string — Notes and Intervals
The D# Locrian Pentatonic scale is an unstable and mysterious scale used to evoke tension and ambiguity. On Guitar, its notes are D#, F#, G#, A, C#. It is often found in experimental music and certain Indian Ragas, providing a dissonant, outside sound that is perfect for dark, avant-garde, or high-tension compositions. Commonly used in Jazz, Fusion, Experimental, Progressive. Notable players include John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel. Use over m7b5 (half-diminished) chords. Essential for jazz solos over ii chords in minor ii-V-i progressions.
Notes: D#, F#, G#, A, C#
Intervals: 1P, 3m, 4P, 5d, 7m
Degrees: 1 b2 3 4 b5
Formula: WH-W-H-4-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: 8-string (E-B-G-D-A-E-B-F#)
Also known as: minor seven flat five pentatonic
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop D
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in DADGAD
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Open G
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in 7-string
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop C
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Drop B
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Open D
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Half Step Down
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Open E
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Open A
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Double Drop D
- D# Locrian Pentatonic in Open C