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C♯ Super Locrian Pentatonic scale

About the C sharp Super Locrian Pentatonic scale

C sharp 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 C Lydian Dominant Pentatonic (alt) with the second raised.

Its notes are C, E, F, G, and B. The formula is 1½ H W 4 semitones W.

One of the notes in C Super Locrian Pentatonic is a black key, C. The key runs four white keys in a row on the piano.

Notes and intervals

1C#C♯Root
2EEMinor 3rd
3FFDiminished 4th
4GGDiminished 5th
5BBMinor 7th
Steps1½ H W 4 semitones W
Semitones3-1-2-4-2
Degrees1 3 4 5 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Super Locrian Pentatonic in other keys

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