Locrian Riff Progression in F#/Gb Locrian for Banjo

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

Notes: F# G A B C D E

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---9--10-|
B|--4---5---7-|
G|--4---5---7-|
D|--5---7---8-|
G|--7---9--10-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 2 1 x`
I	F#dim	F# A C	`x 4 2 1 4`
I	F#dim	F# A C	`x 4 2 1 x`
I	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 2 1 4`
II	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
III	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
IV	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 0`
IV	Bm	B D F#	`9 0 4 0 4`
IV	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 9`
V	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
V	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
V	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
V	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
VI	D	D F# A	`7 0 2 3 4`
VI	D	D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7`
VII	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
VII	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
VII	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: F#dim – G – F#dim – F#dim

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
I	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
I	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
I	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 4 2 1 2`
II	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 0 4`
II	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 3 4`
II	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 0 4`
II	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 3 4`
III	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
III	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
III	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
III	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
IV	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 0`
IV	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
IV	Bm7	B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
IV	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 4`
V	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
V	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 x`
V	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 2`
V	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
VI	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
VI	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
VI	D7	D F# A C	`x x 2 1 0`
VI	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 4`
VII	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
VII	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
VII	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 x`
VII	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: F#m7b5 – Gmaj7 – F#m7b5 – F#m7b5

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
I	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
I	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
I	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
II	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 x x`
II	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
II	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
II	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 0 4`
III	Am9	A C E G B	`x x 2 0 2`
III	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 2`
III	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 x`
III	Am9	A C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
IV	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
IV	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 2 1 0`
IV	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 4 1 0`
IV	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 4`
V	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
V	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 0 x`
V	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 1 0`
V	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 1 x`
VI	D9	D F# A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
VI	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
VI	D9	D F# A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VI	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
VII	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 3 4`
VII	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 4 3 4`
VII	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 0 3 4`
VII	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 0 0 4`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: F#m7b5b9 – Gmaj9 – F#m7b5b9 – F#m7b5b9

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

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

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