Locrian Riff Progression in E Locrian for Banjo

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

Notes: E F G A Bb C D

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---8-----|
B|--2---3---5-|
G|--2---3---5-|
D|--3---5---6-|
G|--5---7---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Edim – F – Edim – Edim

D|--------------------5-----------------------5-------------------|10------------------14--17--10------------------14--17--10------|
B|------------3---5-------------------3---5-------------------3---|10----------11--13----------10----------11--13----------10------|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|10------12------------------10------12------------------10------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|10--14----------------------10--14----------------------10--14--|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|10--------------------------10--------------------------10------|

D|--------------------5-----------------------5-------------------|--------------------5-----------------------5-------------------|
B|------------3---5-------------------3---5-------------------3---|------------3---5-------------------3---5-------------------3---|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 0`
I	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 2`
I	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
I	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 2`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
II	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
V	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 0 2 3 3`
V	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 0`
V	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 3`
V	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 x`
VI	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
VI	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
VI	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
VI	C7	C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 2`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
VII	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Em7b5 – Fmaj7 – Em7b5 – Em7b5

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

D|0-------------------5---0-------------------5---0---------------|0-------------------5---0-------------------5---0---------------|
B|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
I	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 3 3 3`
I	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
I	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
II	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
III	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
III	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 3 3`
III	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 0`
III	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 3`
IV	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
IV	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
IV	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
IV	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 x`
V	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
V	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
V	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 3 1 0`
V	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
VI	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
VI	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
VI	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1 0`
VI	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VII	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Em7b5b9 – Fmaj9 – Em7b5b9 – Em7b5b9

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

D|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|
B|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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