A Locrian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open D Tuning)

The A Locrian scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A Bb C D Eb F G

Tuning: Open D Guitar (D A D Gb A D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--8--10--11-|
B|--8--10-----|
G|--7---8--10-|
D|--7---8--10-|
A|--8--10--11-|
E|--8--10--11-|

CAGED - A Shape

d |-13--15-----|
A |-10--12--13-|
Gb|-10--12--13-|
D |-11--13-----|
A |-12--13--15-|
D |-12--13--15-|

CAGED - G Shape

d |--3---5-----|
A |--0---1---3-|
Gb|--0---1---3-|
D |--1---3---4-|
A |--3---5---6-|
D |--3---5-----|

CAGED - E Shape

d |--7---8--10-|
A |--5---6---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8---9-|
A |--8--10-----|
D |--7---8--10-|

CAGED - D Shape

d |--8--10-----|
A |--5---6---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8---9-|
A |--8--10-----|
D |--7---8--10-|

3NPS - First Position

d |--7---8--10-|
A |--5---6---8-|
Gb|--5---7---8-|
D |--6---8---9-|
A |--8--10--12-|
D |--8--10--12-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 x x x`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x x x x 0 1`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 3 0 1`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 3 3 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 4 1 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 11 x x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 1`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 6 3 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 6 5 6 6 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 8 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 1 1 1`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 4 6 x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 4 x x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 8 9 6 x`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 6 x x`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 10 11 8 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 8`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 8 10 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 12 13 10 x`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F – Gm

d |----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|----------------------------7---8---5---------------------------|
A |--------------------3---6---------------6---3-------------------|--------------------5---8---------------8---5-------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|4-----------3---4-------------------------------4---------------|
D |1-------1-------------------------------------------3---1-------|0-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|1---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------6---------------8---5-----------------------|5-------------------8---------------10--6-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|
D |1---1---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|5-------------------------------------------------------6---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------7---------------------------|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
A |----------------------------6---8-------8---5-------------------|----------------------------8---10------10--6-------------------|
Gb|--------------------3---6-----------------------6---3-----------|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|
D |3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|
D |3---7-----------------------------------------------------------|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------12--15--13------------------------------|
A |10------------------13--------------15--12----------------------|
Gb|8-----------11--13--------------------------11--9---------------|
D |8---8---12------------------------------------------10----------|
A |10------------------------------------------------------12--10--|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F – Gm

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D |----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|
D |--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
D |3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------9-------11--9---------------------------|
D |--------8-------12--------------------------12----------8-------|
A |10--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 1`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 3 1 1 3 x`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 6 5 6 6 x`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 6 5 6 x x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 8 7 8 x x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 4 6 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 1 0 1 1 x`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 1 x x`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 0`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 1 x`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 0 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 0 3`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 3 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`3 0 1 3 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 13 12 11 13 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7

d |------------------------5---8---7-------------------------------|------------------------7---10--8-------------------------------|
A |3-------------------6---------------8---5-----------------------|5-------------------8---------------10--6-----------------------|
Gb|1-----------4---6---------------------------4---3---------------|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---4---------------|
D |1---1---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|5-------------------------------------------------------6---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------8---------------------------------------|------------------------10--13--12------------------------------|
A |6---------------6---10------10--6-------------------6-----------|8-------------------12--------------13--10----------------------|
Gb|4-------4---8-----------------------6---4-----------4-------4---|6-----------9---11--------------------------9---8---------------|
D |5---5---------------------------------------5-------5---5-------|7---7---10------------------------------------------8-----------|
A |6-----------------------------------------------6---6-----------|8-------------------------------------------------------10--8---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|--------------------------------3---7---3-----------------------|
A |--------------------5---------------6---3-----------------------|------------------------3---6---------------5---3---------------|
Gb|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|--------------------3-------------------------------3-----------|
D |0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3---0---|
A |1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|0---0---3-------------------------------------------------------|
D |15--------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------15--------------------------------------|
A |13--------------13--17------17--13------------------13----------|
Gb|11------11--15----------------------13--11----------11------11--|
D |12--12--------------------------------------12------12--12------|
A |13----------------------------------------------13--13----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|------------------------4-------6---4---------------------------|
D |--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------4-------6-------8---6-------4-------------------|------------------------8-------9---8---------------------------|
D |--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|--------7-------10--------------------------10----------7-------|
A |6---------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|------------------------0-------1---0---------------------------|
A |1---------------------------------------------------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------11------13------15--13------11------------------|
D |--------12----------------------------------------------12------|
A |13--------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 3`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 3 3 3 0`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 3 3 x`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 0 3 3 1`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 0`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 1`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 0 1 3 3 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 0 1 1 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 3 1 1 0`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 0 4 1 3`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 1 3 4 1 0`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 0 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 3 5 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 0 3`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 0 0 4 5 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bbmaj9 – Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9 – Gm9

d |------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
A |--------------------5---------------6---3-----------------------|----------------------------5---6-------6---3-------------------|
Gb|4-----------3---4---------------------------3---1---------------|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|
D |0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
A |1-------------------------------------------------------3---1---|1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|
D |15--------------------------------------------------------------|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
A |----------------------------5---6-------6---3-------------------|----------------------------8---10------10--6-------------------|
Gb|--------------------1---4-----------------------4---1-----------|1-------------------4---8-----------------------8---4-----------|
D |1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |1-------1---------------------------------------------------3---|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|
D |1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Bbmaj9 – Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9 – Gm9

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A |1---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------1-------3-----------3-------1-------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
D |1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

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