Guitar scale companion
Learn the C Locrian mode on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C Locrian Mode note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
C Locrian, C shape: the box around the C-shape C chord, taken from the C box of C# Major (Ionian).
C shape tab (1-5) e |-1--2-----4---| B |-1--2-----4---| G |-1-----3------| D |-1-----3--4---| A |-1-----3--4---| E |-1--2-----4---|
C Locrian, A shape: the box around the A-shape C chord, taken from the C box of C# Major (Ionian).
A shape tab (1-5) e |-1--2-----4---| B |-1--2-----4---| G |-1-----3------| D |-1-----3--4---| A |-1-----3--4---| E |-1--2-----4---|
C Locrian, G shape: the box around the G-shape C chord, taken from the G box of C# Major (Ionian).
G shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8--9| B |----6--7-----9| G |-5--6-----8---| D |----6-----8---| A |----6-----8--9| E |----6-----8--9|
C Locrian, E shape: the box around the E-shape C chord, taken from the E box of C# Major (Ionian).
E shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |----9----11---| G |-8----10-11---| D |-8----10-11---| A |-8--9----11---| E |-8--9----11---|
C Locrian, D shape: the box around the D-shape C chord, taken from the E box of C# Major (Ionian).
D shape tab (8-12) e |-8--9----11---| B |----9----11---| G |-8----10-11---| D |-8----10-11---| A |-8--9----11---| E |-8--9----11---|