C Super Locrian bb7 on the Guitar Fretboard

The C Super Locrian bb7 scale is C, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab and Bbb. Two of those names are theoretical: Fb sounds like E and Bbb sounds like A, so on the neck you simply play E and A.

Find the root on the 8th fret of the low E string or the 3rd fret of the A string. The notes belong to Db harmonic minor, and the scale outlines a diminished seventh chord from the root: C, Eb, Gb and Bbb.

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
C1Root0
Dbb2Minor 2nd1
Ebb3Minor 3rd3
Fbb4Major 3rd4
Gbb5Tritone6
Abb6Minor 6th8
Bbbbb7Major 6th9

Structure

C super locrian bb7 scale notes:

C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bbb

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 Cdim Cdim7
b2 Dbm Dbm(maj7)
b3 Ebdim Ebm7(b5)
b4 Fbaug Fbmaj7(b13)
b5 Gbm Gbm7
b6 Ab Ab7
bb7 Bbb Bbbmaj7

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

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Giancarlo Facoetti, founder of FaChords Guitar

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Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher