Locrian mode

The Locrian mode is the seventh mode of the diatonic scale. On the C diatonic it starts with B and uses only the white keys up to the next B which is one octave higher. Its ascending form consists of the tonic, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step.

{ \key c \major \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 7/4 b4^\markup { Locrian mode } c d e f g a b2 } }
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