locrian mode

locrian mode
noun
Usage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: Locrian (I)
: an authentic ecclesiastical mode represented on the white keys of the piano by an ascending scale from B to B but not actually used because its pentachord and tetrachord comprise respectively the forbidden diminished fifth and augmented fourth — see mode illustration

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