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F♯ locrian 6 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

A string: A, B, C, D#, E, F#, G, A at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

D string: D#, E, F#, G, A, B, C at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10

G string: G, A, B, C, D#, E, F#, G at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12

B string: B, C, D#, E, F#, G, A, B at frets 0, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12

High E string: E, F#, G, A, B, C, D#, E at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

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F# locrian 6

The locrian 6 scale, the second mode of the harmonic minor scale, is locrian with a natural 6th. The raised 6th relieves a little of locrian's claustrophobia and adds a strange brightness above the flat 5th. Use it over m7b5 chords in a minor key when the harmony is heading toward a harmonic-minor V chord.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

F♯

i°

F♯dim
G

bII+

Gaug
A

biii

Am
B

IV

Bmaj
C

bV

Cmaj
D♯

vi°

D♯dim
E

bvii

Em

Characteristic note: D# (natural 6), the natural sixth that softens locrian's darkness.

Same notes, different mode

F# locrian 6 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

G major augmentedA dorian #4B phrygian dominantC lydian #9D# ultralocrianE harmonic minor

locrian 6 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Over a m7b5 chord, use the natural 6th (D#) as your feature note: it is the one brightness locrian never has.
  • It is the second mode of harmonic minor: F# locrian 6 shares every note with the harmonic minor a whole step below.
  • Use F# locrian 6 when the m7b5 chord moves on to a V7b9; the shared harmonic minor parent makes the two bars one continuous line.
  • Balance the register: keep the flat 2nd (G) and flat 5th (C) low in the phrase, then resolve upward through the natural 6th (D#) to the root.

How to play F♯ locrian 6 on guitar

Five open strings sit in F# locrian 6, but the root and fifth are not among them, so keep them as passing colour. Capo at fret 2 and the grip becomes E, which lets open-position vocabulary transfer straight across. Lowest root is fret 2 on the low E, matched at fret 7 on the B string, then fret 9 on the A string. Box one gives out at fret 6.

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