Guitar UpscaleUltralocrian scale on guitar
Ultralocrian is the seventh mode of harmonic minor, the scale for a diminished 7th chord.
| Notes in A | A Bb C Db Eb F Gb |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 bb7 |
| Steps | H W H W W H W+H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Special, scale "UltraLocrian" |
Play A Ultralocrian on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Ultralocrian scale
The notes are root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, flat 4th, flat 5th, flat 6th and double flat 7th. G# Ultralocrian has the notes of A harmonic minor.
The flat 4th sounds the same as a major 3rd and the double flat 7th the same as a major 6th.
Use it over a diminished 7th chord that resolves up a half step, such as G#dim7 to Am.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b2 | Minor 2nd | 1 | Bb |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| b4 | Major 3rd | 4 | Db |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| b6 | Minor 6th | 8 | F |
| bb7 | Major 6th | 9 | Gb |
Chords in A Ultralocrian
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| i° | Adim | Adim7 |
| bii | Bbm | BbmMaj7 |
| biii° | Cdim | Cm7b5 |
| bIV+ | Dbaug | Dbmaj7#5 |
| bv | Ebm | Ebm7 |
| bVI | F | F7 |
| bbVII | Gb | Gbmaj7 |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Ultralocrian scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b2 (Bb): Bb Harmonic Minor
- From degree b3 (C): C Locrian Natural 6
- From degree b4 (Db): Db Ionian #5
- From degree b5 (Eb): Eb Romanian Minor (Ukrainian Dorian)
- From degree b6 (F): F Phrygian Dominant (Hijaz, Ahava Rabbah)
- From degree bb7 (Gb): Gb Lydian #2
Ultralocrian in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab A | Open |
| C# | C# D E F G A Bb | Open |
| D | D Eb F Gb Ab Bb Cb | Open |
| Eb | Eb Fb Gb G A Cb C | Open |
| E | E F G Ab Bb C Db | Open |
| F | F Gb Ab A Cb Db D | Open |
| F# | F# G A Bb C D Eb | Open |
| G | G Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb | Open |
| G# | G# A B C D E F | Open |
| A | A Bb C Db Eb F Gb | Open |
| Bb | Bb Cb Db D Fb Gb G | Open |
| B | B C D Eb F G Ab | Open |
More Special scales
- Chromatic Scale
- Whole Tone Scale
- Leading Whole Tone
- Diminished (Whole Half)
- Diminished (Half Whole)
- Diminished Whole Tone
- Octatonic Scale
- Augmented Scale
- Enigmatic Scale
- Nine Tone Scale
- Overtone (Lydian Dominant)
- Six Tone Symmetrical
- Altered Scale (Super Locrian)
- Lydian Diminished
- Lydian #2
- Locrian #2 (Half Diminished)
- Locrian Natural 6
- Ionian #5