C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 Scale on the Piano - How to play, How to improvise, How to compose music with this scale
Notes: C, D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, and Bbb - Key: C - Category: Octatonic Scales
The C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 uses eight notes per octave. Because of this same reason it is a member of the so called Octatonic -scales that have Eight-note (or Eight-tone). On the piano keyboard, it is made up of three black keys: Eb, Gb, and Ab and four white keys: C, D, F, and Bbb. This combination makes this scale - as well as the C Prometheus, C Prometheus Liszt, and C Prometheus Neapolitan - as great choices for composing or improvising music.
If we take a look a the key signature of the C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 Scale we can find it has five flats and no sharps. Therefore, on sheet music you will find five accidentals on the score. The notes of this scale are: C, D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, and Bbb.
How to play the C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 scale?
- 1To play the C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 on your piano, start on the Root note. Play C, the first note of the scale.
- 2Continue with rest of the notes that shape the scale, play D, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, and Bbb.
- 3Return to the home of the C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 scale. Play again C -the tonic of the scale- to mark its ending.
How to play the scale in descending fashion?
- 1Begin on the last note. Play the C, the last (and first) note of the scale.
- 2Go down. Play Bbb, Ab, Gb, F, Eb, and D.
- 3Reach the home again. Establish tonality by playing the tonic of the C Locrian Nat. 2 b7 scale: C.
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