CH·01 / LOCRIAN MODE
Locrian
Unstable, tense, dissonant
CHARACTER · UNSTABLE, TENSE, DISSONANT
Unstable, tense, dissonant. Used in metal, jazz, used sparingly.
Famous examples: Half-diminished chord contexts, Metallica solos.
Characteristic note: the ♭5 (diminished fifth) makes it unstable and rarely used as a tonal center.
LOCRIAN IN ALL 12 KEYS