About the G Super Locrian Pentatonic scale
G 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 G Lydian Dominant Pentatonic (alt) with the second raised.
Its notes are G, B♭, C♭, D♭, and F. The formula is 1½ H W 4 semitones W.
G and B are open guitar strings that sit inside G Super Locrian Pentatonic, ready to drone under a riff. A guitarist finds the lowest G at the 3rd fret of the low E string. The scale runs a complete octave from root to root inside the first three frets.
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 | GG | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | BbB♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | CbC♭ | Diminished 4th |
| 4 | DbD♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | FF | 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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