Playing the C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale

C#, D, E, F, G, A and Bb make up the C# Super Locrian bb7 scale, a spelling that stays free of double flats. It is the seventh mode of D harmonic minor, so C# is the leading tone of that key.

Play the root on the 9th fret of the low E string or the 4th fret of the A string. Since 1, b3, b5 and bb7 spell a diminished seventh chord, which scale fits which chord is a useful follow-up.

Play the C# 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 C# super locrian bb7 scale

NoteDegreeIntervalSemitones from root
C#1Root0
Db2Minor 2nd1
Eb3Minor 3rd3
Fb4Major 3rd4
Gb5Tritone6
Ab6Minor 6th8
Bbbb7Major 6th9

Structure

C# super locrian bb7 scale notes:

C# D E F G A Bb

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.

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - On one string (B)

On one string (B)

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 1

Box pattern — position 1

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 2

Box pattern — position 2

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 3

Box pattern — position 3

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 4

Box pattern — position 4

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - Box pattern — position 5

Box pattern — position 5

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 1

3 notes per string — position 1

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 2

3 notes per string — position 2

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 3

3 notes per string — position 3

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 4

3 notes per string — position 4

C# Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - 3 notes per string — position 5

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the C# super locrian bb7 scale

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

DegreeTriadSeventh chord
1 C#dim C#dim7
b2 Dm Dm(maj7)
b3 Edim Em7(b5)
b4 Faug Fmaj7(b13)
b5 Gm Gm7
b6 A A7
bb7 Bb Bbmaj7

Related modes

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

Harmonic Minor Scale Locrian #6 Scale Ionian #5 Scale Dorian #4 Scale Phrygian Dominant Scale Lydian #2 Scale

The super locrian bb7 scale in other keys

C C# Db D D# Eb E F F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B

All about the super locrian bb7 scale →

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