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Altered (super-Locrian) on electric guitar (G)

Altered (super-Locrian) in G: G – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – F. On electric guitar, the slimmer neck invites legato — the same fingering runs with less effort, and the high positions stay comfortable. The box shown runs from fret 1 to 4; the lowest tonic sits on the 6th string, fret 3, and the hand stays put in the region, with no position shift. Plugged into an amp, each chord sustains for as long as you hold it, and the tone — clean or driven — shapes the whole sound.

Practice it tonic to tonic — hearing degree 1 at both ends anchors the scale's sound.

Scale diagramHorizontal fretboard with 6 strings, frets 0–4.1234b71b2b3b4b5b6b71b2b3b4b4b5b6b71b2
Frets 1–4

Read the dots by degree: 1 is the tonic (highlighted); the rest follow the scale's formula.

A scale never lives in one box — altered (super-Locrian) on electric guitar has 3 more positions along the neck. In Chord & Fret, you drill it in Exercise mode — in thirds, pairs or sequences, with the BPM climbing every repetition; flip between position boxes and three-notes-per-string; and choose to start from the tonic or play the full box. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. 100% offline. Open in Chord & Fret →

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