Ab Super Locrian bb7 and Its Double Flats

Play the Ab super locrian bb7 scale

Use the step menu in the player to switch between the single-string run and the box shapes.

Notes of the Ab super locrian bb7 scale

Structure

Ab super locrian bb7 scale notes:

Ab Bbb Cb Dbb Ebb Fb Gbb

How the super locrian bb7 scale is built:

The super locrian bb7 scale is built from the degrees 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7, which gives the step pattern H-W-H-W-W-H-W+H (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. That makes it a 7-note scale.

It is mode 7 of the Harmonic Minor Scale, so both scales share the same notes from a different starting point.

It is also known as Ultra Locrian.

Ab Super Locrian bb7 Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

On one string (G)

Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 5

3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 2

3 notes per string — position 3

3 notes per string — position 4

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the Ab super locrian bb7 scale

Stacking thirds on each degree of the scale gives these chords.

Related modes

These scales share the same notes as the super locrian bb7 scale, starting from a different degree.

The super locrian bb7 scale in other keys

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