Guitar scale companion
Learn the A Altered scale (super locrian) on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every A 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.
A Altered (Super Locrian), A shape: the box around the A-shape A chord, taken from the A box of A# Melodic Minor.
A shape tab (0-4) e |----1-----3---| B |----1--2-----4| G |-0-----2--3---| D |----1-----3---| A |-0--1-----3---| E |----1-----3---|
A Altered (Super Locrian), G shape: the box around the G-shape A chord, taken from the G box of A# Melodic Minor.
G shape tab (2-6) e |----3-----5--6| B |-2-----4-----6| G |-2--3-----5---| D |----3-----5---| A |----3--4-----6| E |----3-----5--6|
A Altered (Super Locrian), E shape: the box around the E-shape A chord, taken from the E box of A# Melodic Minor.
E shape tab (5-9) e |-5--6-----8---| B |----6-----8---| G |-5--6-----8---| D |-5-----7--8---| A |----6-----8---| E |-5--6-----8---|
A Altered (Super Locrian), D shape: the box around the D-shape A chord, taken from the D box of A# Melodic Minor.
D shape tab (7-11) e |----8--9----11| B |----8----10-11| G |----8----10---| D |-7--8----10---| A |----8----10---| E |----8--9----11|
A Altered (Super Locrian), C shape: the box around the C-shape A chord, taken from the C box of A# Melodic Minor.
C shape tab (10-14) e |---11----13---| B |10-11----13---| G |10----12------| D |10-11----13---| A |10----12-13---| E |---11----13---|
| Degree | Interval | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | A |
| b9 | m9 | Bb |
| #9 | A9 | B# |
| 3 | M3 | C# |
| #11 | A11 | D# |
| b13 | m13 | F |
| b7 | m7 | G |
Omit the natural fifth in this altered-scale application; the chord root, third, minor seventh and selected altered tension are all in the scale.
Omit the natural fifth in this altered-scale application; the chord root, third, minor seventh and selected altered tension are all in the scale.
Omit the natural fifth in this altered-scale application; the chord root, third, minor seventh and selected altered tension are all in the scale.
Omit the natural fifth in this altered-scale application; the chord root, third, minor seventh and selected altered tension are all in the scale.