C# Ultralocrian Guitar Scale
Guitar scale in Open A tuning — fretboard diagram
C# Ultralocrian in Open A — Notes and Intervals
The C# Ultralocrian scale is an extremely dark and condensed scale used to create intense chromatic tension. On Guitar, its notes are C#, D, E, F, G, A, Bb. 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: C#, D, E, F, G, A, Bb
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: Open A (E-C#-A-E-A-E)
Also known as: superlocrian bb7, superlocrian diminished
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C# Ultralocrian in Standard Tuning
- C# Ultralocrian in Drop D
- C# Ultralocrian in DADGAD
- C# Ultralocrian in Open G
- C# Ultralocrian in Baritone (B Standard)
- C# Ultralocrian in 7-string
- C# Ultralocrian in 8-string
- C# Ultralocrian in Drop C
- C# Ultralocrian in Drop B
- C# Ultralocrian in Open D
- C# Ultralocrian in Half Step Down
- C# Ultralocrian in Open E
- C# Ultralocrian in Double Drop D
- C# Ultralocrian in Open C