Locrian Riff Progression in B Locrian for Banjo

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

Notes: B C D E F G A

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--9--10--12--14--15-|
B|--9--10--12---------|
G|--9--10--12---------|
D|-10--12--13---------|
G|-12--14--15---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 0 3`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 3 3`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 0 3`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 3 3`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
III	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`
V	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
VI	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bdim – C – Bdim – Bdim

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

D|3-------3---7---3-------3---7---3-------3---7---3-------3---7---|3-------3---7---3-------3---7---3-------3---7---3-------3---7---|
B|0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------|0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 0`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 x`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x x 2 0 0`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 3`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 x`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 2`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
VI	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 0 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 0 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bm7b5

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 2 1 0`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 0 x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 1 0`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 1 x`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 0 0 3`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 0 3 3`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 2 0 x`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x x 2 0 0`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 0 3`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`x x 2 0 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 x`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Bm7b5b9 – Bm7b5b9

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

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

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