Guitar scale companion
Learn the Ab Altered scale (super locrian) on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every Ab Altered Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
Ab Altered (Super Locrian), G shape: the box around the G-shape Ab chord, taken from the G box of A Melodic Minor.
G shape tab (1-5) e |----2-----4--5| B |-1-----3-----5| G |-1--2-----4---| D |----2-----4---| A |----2--3-----5| E |----2-----4--5|
Ab Altered (Super Locrian), E shape: the box around the E-shape Ab chord, taken from the E box of A Melodic Minor.
E shape tab (4-8) e |-4--5-----7---| B |----5-----7---| G |-4--5-----7---| D |-4-----6--7---| A |----5-----7---| E |-4--5-----7---|
Ab Altered (Super Locrian), D shape: the box around the D-shape Ab chord, taken from the E box of A Melodic Minor.
D shape tab (4-8) e |-4--5-----7---| B |----5-----7---| G |-4--5-----7---| D |-4-----6--7---| A |----5-----7---| E |-4--5-----7---|
Ab Altered (Super Locrian), C shape: the box around the C-shape Ab chord, taken from the C box of A Melodic Minor.
C shape tab (9-13) e |---10----12---| B |-9-10----12---| G |-9----11------| D |-9-10----12---| A |-9----11-12---| E |---10----12---|
Ab Altered (Super Locrian), A shape: the box around the A-shape Ab chord, taken from the A box of A Melodic Minor.
A shape tab (11-15) e |---12----14---| B |---12-13----15| G |11----13-14---| D |---12----14---| A |11-12----14---| E |---12----14---|