Locrian Riff Progression in A#/Bb Locrian for Banjo

The A#/Bb Locrian scale on banjo (A sharp / B flat locrian): the Locrian Riff progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A# B C# D# E F# G#

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--8---9--11--13--14-|
B|--8---9--11---------|
G|--8---9--11---------|
D|--9--11--12---------|
G|-11--13--14---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	A#dim	A# C# E	`x x x 2 2`
I	A#dim	A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
I	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 2`
I	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`
II	B	B D# F#	`x x x 0 4`
II	B	B D# F#	`x 1 4 0 4`
II	B	B D# F#	`x 4 4 0 1`
II	B	B D# F#	`x 1 4 4 4`
III	C#m	C# E G#	`11 11 9 9 11`
IV	D#m	D# F# A#	`13 13 11 11 13`
V	E	E G# B	`9 9 9 9 9`
VI	F#	F# A# C#	`11 11 11 11 11`
VII	G#m	G# B D#	`6 6 4 4 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: A#dim – B – A#dim – A#dim

D|2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---|4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4---|
B|2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------|0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---|2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---2-------6---9---|
B|2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------|2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------2---5-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 2`
I	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
I	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
I	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`6 2 1 2 2`
II	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 1`
II	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 x`
II	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x x 3 0 1`
II	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 4`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 2`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 4 2 2`
IV	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 1`
IV	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 x`
IV	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x x 3 2 1`
IV	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 4`
V	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x x 1 0 1`
V	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 1`
V	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 x`
V	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 2 1 0 1`
VI	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
VI	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 2`
VI	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`
VI	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 4 3 2 2`
VII	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x x 1 0 4`
VII	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 1 1 0 4`
VII	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 1 4 0 4`
VII	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 1`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: A#m7b5 – Bmaj7 – A#m7b5 – A#m7b5

D|2-------------------6---2-------------------6---2---------------|1-----------4---6---1-----------4---6---1-----------4---6---1---|
B|2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|
G|1---1---4---------------1---1---4---------------1---1---4-------|3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3---|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|2-------------------6---2-------------------6---2---------------|2-------------------6---2-------------------6---2---------------|
B|2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---|2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---5-------2-----------4---|
G|1---1---4---------------1---1---4---------------1---1---4-------|1---1---4---------------1---1---4---------------1---1---4-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
I	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
I	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x x 3 0 2`
I	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x 2 3 0 x`
II	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 x`
II	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x x 3 2 1`
II	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x x 4 2 1`
II	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 4`
III	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x x 1 0 1`
III	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 x`
III	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 2 1 0 1`
III	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 2`
IV	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 1 3 2 2`
IV	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 1`
IV	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
IV	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`
V	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x x 1 0 4`
V	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 1 1 0 4`
V	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 1`
V	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 x`
VI	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
VI	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
VI	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 2`
VI	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 x`
VII	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 x`
VII	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x x 3 0 1`
VII	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 4`
VII	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 4 3 0 1`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: A#m7b5b9 – Bmaj9 – A#m7b5b9 – A#m7b5b9

D|------------4---6---------------4---6---------------4---6-------|--------------------4---8-----------------------4---8-----------|
B|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|2-----------2---4-----------2-----------2---4-----------2-------|
G|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------4---6---------------4---6---------------4---6-------|------------4---6---------------4---6---------------4---6-------|
B|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|
G|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|
D|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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