The E Super Locrian bb7 Scale, Nut to 12th Fret

Open strings help in the E Super Locrian bb7 scale: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, C and Db. It starts on the open low E string, and the high E string rings the same root two octaves higher.

The notes are those of F harmonic minor played from the seventh degree. With the root at the nut you hear the half step between E and F immediately. For ways to blend it with other colours, read about mixing major and minor modes.

Play the E 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 E super locrian bb7 scale

NoteDegreeIntervalSemitones from root
E1Root0
Fb2Minor 2nd1
Gb3Minor 3rd3
Abb4Major 3rd4
Bbb5Tritone6
Cb6Minor 6th8
Dbbb7Major 6th9

Structure

E super locrian bb7 scale notes:

E F G Ab Bb C Db

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.

E Super Locrian bb7 Scale Guitar Patterns

Static diagrams of every position shown in the player above.

E Super Locrian bb7 Scale scale guitar pattern - On one string (low E)

On one string (low E)

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

Box pattern — position 1

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

Box pattern — position 2

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

Box pattern — position 3

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

Box pattern — position 4

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

Box pattern — position 5

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

3 notes per string — position 1

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

3 notes per string — position 2

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

3 notes per string — position 3

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

3 notes per string — position 4

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

3 notes per string — position 5

Chords in the E super locrian bb7 scale

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

DegreeTriadSeventh chord
1 Edim Edim7
b2 Fm Fm(maj7)
b3 Gdim Gm7(b5)
b4 Abaug Abmaj7(b13)
b5 Bbm Bbm7
b6 C C7
bb7 Db Dbmaj7

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 →

Giancarlo Facoetti, founder of FaChords Guitar

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Giancarlo Facoetti

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