Super Locrian (Altered Scale) for Guitar
The Super Locrian scale is the seventh mode of melodic minor, written 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7. Jazz players call it the altered scale or altered dominant, since the b4 is really a major third and every other tension is altered.
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C Super Locrian Scale: box pattern, position 1
Structure
How the super locrian scale is built:
The super locrian scale is built from the degrees 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7, which gives the step pattern H-W-H-W-W-W-W (W = whole step, H = half step).
Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10. That makes it a 7-note scale.
It is mode 7 of the Melodic Minor Scale, so both scales share the same notes from a different starting point.
It is also known as Altered Scale and Altered Dominant.
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Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher
