Locrian may refer to:
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Locrians
The Locrians (, ''Lokroi'') were an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region of Locris in Central Greece, around Parnassus. They spoke the Locrian dialect, a Doric-Northwest dialect, and were closely related to their neighbouring tribes ...
, an ancient Greek ethnic group
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Locrian Greek
Locrian Greek is an ancient Greek dialect that was spoken by the Locrians in Locris, Central Greece. It is a dialect of Northwest Greek. The Locrians were divided into two tribes, the Ozolian Locrians and the Opuntian Locrians, thus the Lo ...
, ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians
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Locris
Locris (; ; ) was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
Locrian tribe
The city of Locri in Calabria (Italy), also known in antiquity as "Epizephyrian Locris", was a colony founded by the ...
, the territory of the Locrians
In music:
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Locrian mode
The Locrian mode is the seventh mode of the major scale. It is either a musical mode or simply a diatonic scale. On the piano, it is the scale that starts with B and only uses the white keys from there on up to the next higher B. Its ascending form ...
, a musical mode or diatonic scale
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Major Locrian scale
In music, the major Locrian scale, also called the ''Locrian major scale'', is the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third notes of the diatonic Locrian mode. With a tonic of C, it consists of the notes C D E F G A B. It can be described ...
, the scale obtained by sharpening the second and third degrees of the locrian mode
* Locrian ♮2 or
Half diminished scale
The half diminished scale is a seven-note musical scale. It is more commonly known as the Locrian 2 scale or the Aeolian 5 scale, names that avoid confusion with the diminished scale and the half-diminished seventh chord (minor seventh, dimin ...
, a musical scale commonly used in jazz and some rock
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Locrian (band)
Locrian is an experimental music/ drone rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States in late 2005Downing, Andy (2009)Disturbing But Memorable Drone, ''Chicago Tribune'', June 5, 2009. and is currently based in Chicago and Baltimore, ...
, Chicago-based experimental music duo
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