The Locrian Mode Locrian mode is a trip. It comes from the Major , but has the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th notes lowered 1/2 step. You can hear examples of the Locrian mode being used in Celtic music. It has a sound that to many seems dark and sinister, and is used by heavy metal bands like Metallica, as well as in jazz. Most of these patterns are the same as the patterns in the other modes, so hopefully by now your fingers will already know the shapes you want them to perform. This first finger pattern would begin on the second fret in the key of E...if you were to move it up to the third fret, it would be in the key of F...move it up even further to the 7th fret, and it would be in the key of A. Use this same principal with the scale patterns below, and you'll see that its pretty easy to figure out once you get the hang of it. You can move these all over the fretboard as you need to in order to change key. As I mentioned before, many of the patterns you see are the same as in the other modes, its just that the root is in a different position HOME BASIC CHORDS TUNING STRINGS GUITAR CARE LEARNING TABLATURE FINGER PATTERNS BACKING TRACKS SCALES AND MODES BLUES PATTERNS AMPLIFIERS RHAPSODY SUGGESTED BOOKS MY GUITARS