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Locrian may refer to: * Locrians, an ancient Greek ethnic group **
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 Locrian d ...
, ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians **
Locris Locris (; el, label=Modern Greek, Λοκρίδα, Lokrída; grc, Λοκρίς, Lokrís) 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), a ...
, the territory of the Locrians In music: * Locrian mode, a musical mode or diatonic scale *
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 sharp 2 or Half diminished scale, a musical scale commonly used in jazz and some rock *
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 {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages