Scales
A# Locrian #2 Scale
A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G#
A# Locrian #2 is a scale built on A# with the notes A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G#.
A# Locrian #2 Scale
A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G#
Fingering on the piano
| Hand | Fingering | Notes | Play it on your instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand | 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# | |
| Left hand | 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 2 | A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# |
One octave ascending; 1 is the thumb. A standard fingering, not the only one.
Tap a key or a fret to hear it.
Scale degrees
A# Locrian #2 is made of the notes A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G#. Each is a degree counted from the tonic, and the gaps between them are the step pattern W H W H W W W.
Read on: scale degrees · building any scale
Chords in this key
Stacking thirds on each degree of A# Locrian #2 gives the chords of the key; the roman numeral names the degree each is built on.
Triads
Related scales
The scales A# Locrian #2 shares its notes with: the one it is a rotation of, the relative and parallel keys, the scales inside it and the ones that contain it.
Bb Locrian #2Bb · C · Db · Eb · Fb · Gb · Ab
The same sound, spelled from the enharmonic root
Scales inside it
A# Malkos RagaA# · C# · D# · F# · G#
Every note of this scale is in A# Locrian #2.
A# Locrian PentatonicA# · C# · D# · E · G#
Every note of this scale is in A# Locrian #2.
Understanding A# Locrian #2
Names and spellings
A# Locrian #2 and Bb Locrian #2 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Bb Locrian #2
Common questions
- How do I play A# Locrian #2?
- On guitar start with the 1st position, played from the lowest string upward; the instrument panel on this page shows its frets and the positions further up the neck. On the piano the right hand ascends 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4, with 1 as the thumb. Every position plays when you press it.
- What chords are in the key of A# Locrian #2?
- Stacking thirds on each degree of A# Locrian #2 gives A#dim (i°), B#dim (ii°), C#m (iii), D#m (iv), Eaug (V+), F# (VI), G# (VII). These are the diatonic chords of the key, the ones a song in this key uses most; the harmony band on this page lists them with the seventh chords built the same way.
- What notes are in A# Locrian #2?
- A# Locrian #2 contains the notes A# · B# · C# · D# · E · F# · G#, measured from the tonic A# as the intervals 1P, 2M, 3m, 4P, 5d, 6m, 7m. Play them in order for the scale: every note on this page sounds when you tap it, and the step pattern under the degrees shows the distance from each note to the next.
- What is the formula of A# Locrian #2?
- From A# the steps run W H W H W W W, where a whole step is two frets or two keys and a half step one. Apply the same pattern from any other note and you get the same scale on that root, which is why every root of this scale has a page here.