Locrian Riff Progression in A Locrian for Guitar

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

Notes: A Bb C D Eb F G

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--5---7---8-|
A|--6---8-----|
E|--5---6---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 2 1 x`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 7 5 4 5`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`5 6 7 5 x x`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
VI	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Adim – Bb – Adim – Adim

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

e|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
D|1-------1---------------------------1-------1-------------------|1-------1---------------------------1-------1-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 x x`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 8 8 8`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 5 8 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 2 4 1`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 5 4 5`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 4 1`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Am7b5 – Am7b5

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

e|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|
G|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
D|1-------1---------------------------1-------1-------------------|1-------1---------------------------1-------1-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
I	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 x x x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
II	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
III	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 14 13 11`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
IV	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
V	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 5`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 8`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
VI	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
VII	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5b9 – Bbmaj9 – Am7b5b9 – Am7b5b9

e|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|------------------------1---5---------------------------1---5---|
B|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
G|5---5---8---------------5---5---8---------------5---5---8-------|2-----------2---3---------------2-----------2---3---------------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------------------------------1-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|
B|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|
G|5---5---8---------------5---5---8---------------5---5---8-------|5---5---8---------------5---5---8---------------5---5---8-------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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