Locrian Riff Progression in A Locrian for Banjo

The A Locrian scale on banjo: the Locrian Riff progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A Bb C D Eb F G

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---8--10--12--13-|
B|--7---8--10---------|
G|--7---8--10---------|
D|--8--10--11---------|
G|-10--12--13---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 1`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 3 3 3`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 0`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
IV	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
VI	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 x x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 3 3 0`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Adim – Bb – Adim – Adim

D|1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---|3-------------------3---7---3-------------------3---7---3-------|
B|1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-------2-------------------3-------2-------------------3-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---|1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---|
B|1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------|1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 1`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 0 2 3 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 0`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 0`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 1`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 2 1 1`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Am7b5 – Am7b5

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|3-------------------3---7---3-------------------3---7---3-------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 3 1 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 1 0`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 0 2 1 1`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 0`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 0 3 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 3 3 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 0 3 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`x x 0 1 1`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 2 1 1`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 2 1 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 3 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 0`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5b9 – Bbmaj9 – Am7b5b9 – Am7b5b9

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|
D|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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