Locrian Riff Progression in D Locrian for Guitar

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

Notes: D Eb F G Ab Bb C

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|-10--11--13-|
B|-10--11--13-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
A|-11--13-----|
E|-10--11--13-|

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Ddim – Eb – Ddim – Ddim

e|----------------------------8---10------------------------------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|4-----------3---4-----------4-----------3---4-----------4-------|
G|7-----------5---7-------------------7-----------5---7-----------|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|
A|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8---10------------------------------|----------------------------8---10------------------------------|
B|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|
G|7-----------5---7-------------------7-----------5---7-----------|7-----------5---7-------------------7-----------5---7-----------|
D|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|
A|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7b5 – Dm7b5

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Dm7b5b9 – Ebmaj9 – Dm7b5b9 – Dm7b5b9

e|11------------------13--11------------------13--11--------------|1-------------------3---6---1-------------------3---6---1-------|
B|13----------13--15------13----------13--15------13----------13--|3-----------3---4-----------3-----------3---4-----------3-------|
G|10--10--13--------------10--10--13--------------10--10--13------|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|11------------------13--11------------------13--11--------------|11------------------13--11------------------13--11--------------|
B|13----------13--15------13----------13--15------13----------13--|13----------13--15------13----------13--15------13----------13--|
G|10--10--13--------------10--10--13--------------10--10--13------|10--10--13--------------10--10--13--------------10--10--13------|
D|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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