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Locrian Mode: Bjork's "Army of Me"
The Locrian is too unsettled-sounding for practical melodic use, so you rarely hear it. The Locrian differs from all of the other modes in that its fifth degree is not a perfect fifth interval (which usually imparts some cohesion to a scale). It’s a diminished fifth—the dreaded tritone. Nonetheless, here are a couple of examples: Bjork's "Army of Me" and a scary little number by John Kirkpatrick called "Dust to Dust."
Locrian mode (minor scale with minor 2nd and flatted 5th; e.g., B to B, white piano keys only)
- "Army of Me" (Bjork)
- "Dust to Dust" (John Kirkpatrick).