About the B Super Locrian Pentatonic scale
B Super Locrian Pentatonic is used for jazz solos over altered dominant chords. Think of it as a five-note altered color with a flat fourth and fifth. It is B Lydian Dominant Pentatonic (alt) with the second raised.
Its notes are B, D, E♭, F, and A. The formula is 1½ H W 4 semitones W.
The scale shares A, D, and B with the guitar's open strings. On guitar, the deepest B within reach is the 2nd fret of the A string. A full root-to-root octave of B Super Locrian Pentatonic fits within the first three frets, so it has a real open-position box.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | BB | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | DD | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | EbE♭ | Diminished 4th |
| 4 | FF | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | AA | Minor 7th |
| Steps | 1½ H W 4 semitones W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 3-1-2-4-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭3 ♭4 ♭5 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Super Locrian Pentatonic in other keys
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