Locrian Riff Progression in B Locrian for Guitar

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

Notes: B C D E F G A

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--7---8--10-|
B|--7---8--10-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|
A|--8--10-----|
E|--7---8--10-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 3 4 3 x`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x x 9 7 6 7`
I	Bdim	B D F	`7 8 9 7 x x`
I	Bdim	B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
II	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
II	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
II	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
II	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
III	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
V	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
VI	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
VI	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
VI	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
VI	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
VII	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
VII	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bdim – C – Bdim – Bdim

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|0-----------------------3---0-----------------------3---0-------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|1---------------1---5-------1---------------1---5-------1-------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|0-------0---4---------------0-------0---4---------------0-------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|2---2-----------------------2---2-----------------------2---2---|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 0 x`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
VI	G7	G B D F	`3 2 0 0 0 1`
VI	G7	G B D F	`3 2 3 0 0 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`x x 5 4 6 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bm7b5

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|0-----------------------3---0-----------------------3---0-------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|0---------------1---5-------0---------------1---5-------0-------|
G|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|0-------0---4---------------0-------0---4---------------0-------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|2---2-----------------------2---2-----------------------2---2---|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 3 2 x x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 4 3 1`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 7`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 10`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Bm7b5b9 – Bm7b5b9

e|8-------------------10--8-------------------10--8---------------|------------------------3---------------------------3-----------|
B|10----------10--12------10----------10--12------10----------10--|0---------------1---5-------0---------------1---5-------0-------|
G|7---7---10--------------7---7---10--------------7---7---10------|0-------0---4---------------0-------0---4---------------0-------|
D|9-----------------------9-----------------------9---------------|0---2-----------------------0---2-----------------------0---2---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|8-------------------10--8-------------------10--8---------------|8-------------------10--8-------------------10--8---------------|
B|10----------10--12------10----------10--12------10----------10--|10----------10--12------10----------10--12------10----------10--|
G|7---7---10--------------7---7---10--------------7---7---10------|7---7---10--------------7---7---10--------------7---7---10------|
D|9-----------------------9-----------------------9---------------|9-----------------------9-----------------------9---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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