Locrian Riff Progression in C Locrian for Banjo

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

Notes: C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|-10--11--13--15--16-|
B|-10--11--13---------|
G|-10--11--13---------|
D|-11--13--14---------|
G|-13--15--16---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x x 1 4`
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4`
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 1 5 1 4`
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 1 5 4 4`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`13 13 11 11 13`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`11 11 11 11 11`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cdim – Db – Cdim – Cdim

D|4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---8---|6-------------------10--13--6-------------------10--13--6-------|
B|1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------|6-----------7---9-----------6-----------7---9-----------6-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|6-------8-------------------6-------8-------------------6-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---10----------------------6---10----------------------6---10--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

D|4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---8---|4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---8---4-------4---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	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
I	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
I	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 3 1 1`
I	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 4`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 5 2 3`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 1`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 x`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 3 2 1`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 2 3`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 3`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 x`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 3 2 3`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 4`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 4 4`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 1 4`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 4 4`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cm7b5 – Dbmaj7 – Cm7b5 – Cm7b5

D|1-------------------4---8---1-------------------4---8---1-------|3-------------------6---3-------------------6---3---------------|
B|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|1-----------4---6-------1-----------4---6-------1-----------4---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|1---1---5---------------1---1---5---------------1---1---5-------|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|3-----------------------3-----------------------3---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 x`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 3 2 1`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 3 2 1`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 2 1`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 2 x`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 3 2 3`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 1`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 2 3`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 x`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 3 1 4 4`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 4`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 4 4`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 1 4`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 2 3`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 2 x`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 3 1 1`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 4`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 4 3 1 1`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 3`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cm7b5b9 – Dbmaj9 – Cm7b5b9 – Cm7b5b9

D|--------------------4---8-----------------------4---8-----------|1-----------4---6---1-----------4---6---1-----------4---6---1---|
B|2-----------2---4-----------2-----------2---4-----------2-------|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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