Locrian Riff Progression in G Locrian for Banjo

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

Notes: G Ab Bb C Db Eb F

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--6---8--10--11-|
B|--5---6---8-----|
G|--5---6---8-----|
D|--6---8---9-----|
G|--8--10--11-----|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 x`
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 3 2 x`
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 5`
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 x`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gdim – Ab – Gdim – Gdim

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 0 2 3`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 3`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 3 2 3`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 5 2 3`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 1`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 x`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 1`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Gm7b5 – Gm7b5

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 3`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 x`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 x x`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 3`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 1`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 1`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 x`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 2 1`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 2 x`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 0 2 3`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 3 2 3`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 0 2 3`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x x 0 2 3`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 x x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gm7b5b9 – Abmaj9 – Gm7b5b9 – Gm7b5b9

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

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

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