Guitar scale companion
Learn the D Altered scale (super locrian) on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every D 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.
D Altered (Super Locrian), C shape: the box around the C-shape D chord, taken from the C box of D# Melodic Minor.
C shape tab (3-7) e |----4-----6---| B |-3--4-----6---| G |-3-----5------| D |-3--4-----6---| A |-3-----5--6---| E |----4-----6---|
D Altered (Super Locrian), A shape: the box around the A-shape D chord, taken from the A box of D# Melodic Minor.
A shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8---| B |----6--7-----9| G |-5-----7--8---| D |----6-----8---| A |-5--6-----8---| E |----6-----8---|
D Altered (Super Locrian), G shape: the box around the G-shape D chord, taken from the G box of D# Melodic Minor.
G shape tab (7-11) e |----8----10-11| B |-7-----9----11| G |-7--8----10---| D |----8----10---| A |----8--9----11| E |----8----10-11|
D Altered (Super Locrian), E shape: the box around the E-shape D chord, taken from the E box of D# Melodic Minor.
E shape tab (10-14) e |10-11----13---| B |---11----13---| G |10-11----13---| D |10----12-13---| A |---11----13---| E |10-11----13---|
D Altered (Super Locrian), D shape: the box around the D-shape D chord, taken from the E box of D# Melodic Minor.
D shape tab (10-14) e |10-11----13---| B |---11----13---| G |10-11----13---| D |10----12-13---| A |---11----13---| E |10-11----13---|