G# Ultralocrian Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Drop D tuning — fretboard diagram
G# Ultralocrian in Drop D — Notes and Intervals
The G# Ultralocrian scale is an extremely dark and condensed scale used to create intense chromatic tension. On Guitar, its notes are G#, A, B, C, D, E, F. It is used in avant-garde jazz and dark ambient music to explore the most dissonant boundaries of minor-key tonality. Commonly used in Avant-Garde, Dark Ambient, Experimental Jazz. Notable players include John Zorn, Derek Bailey. Use over dim7 chords in avant-garde contexts. More of a compositional tool than an improvisational one.
Notes: G#, A, B, C, D, E, F
Intervals: 1P, 2m, 3m, 4d, 5d, 6m, 7d
Degrees: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Formula: H-W-H-W-W-H-WH
Number of notes: 7
Tuning: Drop D (E-B-G-D-A-D)
Also known as: superlocrian bb7, superlocrian diminished
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- G# Ultralocrian in Standard Tuning
- G# Ultralocrian in DADGAD
- G# Ultralocrian in Open G
- G# Ultralocrian in Baritone (B Standard)
- G# Ultralocrian in 7-string
- G# Ultralocrian in 8-string
- G# Ultralocrian in Drop C
- G# Ultralocrian in Drop B
- G# Ultralocrian in Open D
- G# Ultralocrian in Half Step Down
- G# Ultralocrian in Open E
- G# Ultralocrian in Open A
- G# Ultralocrian in Double Drop D
- G# Ultralocrian in Open C