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F♯ Super Locrian Pentatonic scale

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About the F sharp Super Locrian Pentatonic scale

F 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 F Lydian Dominant Pentatonic (alt) with the second raised.

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

An unfretted guitar already sounds E and A from the mode. On guitar, the deepest F within reach is the 2nd fret of the low E string. Capo the second fret to play F Super Locrian Pentatonic with E-shape fingerings.

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.

Box 1open
Box 2fr 2
Box 3fr 5
Box 4fr 6
Box 5fr 8

Notes and intervals

1F#F♯Root
2AAMinor 3rd
3BbB♭Diminished 4th
4CCDiminished 5th
5EEMinor 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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Gb Super Locrian Pentatonic scale on guitar shown as colored note dots
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