Locrian Riff Progression in F Locrian for Guitar

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

Notes: F Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 3 1 0 1`
I	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 2 3 1 x x`
I	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 8 9 10 9 x`
I	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
II	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
III	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4 4 4`
III	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 4`
III	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 7`
III	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 x`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
V	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 2`
V	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 x`
V	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4 2`
V	B	B Eb Gb	`7 6 4 4 4 7`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
VII	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Fdim – Gb – Fdim – Fdim

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 4 4 4`
I	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
I	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 9 8 9 x`
I	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
II	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
III	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 4`
III	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
III	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 x`
III	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 6 4 7 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
V	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
V	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 x`
V	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x x 4 4 6`
V	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`7 6 4 4 4 6`
VI	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
VI	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 1`
VI	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 4`
VI	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
VII	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Fm7b5 – Gbmaj7 – Fm7b5 – Fm7b5

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
I	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 0 2`
I	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
I	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 4 4 4 4`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
II	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
III	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
III	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 4 4 x`
III	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 6 4 4 4 6`
III	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
IV	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 6 9 7`
IV	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 10 9 7`
IV	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
IV	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
V	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 2 1 3 2 x`
V	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 6 8 6 x x`
V	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 9 8 6 x x`
V	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 9 6 7 6`
VI	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 1`
VI	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 4`
VI	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`9 6 9 6 9 x`
VI	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 1 0 x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
VII	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Fm7b5b9 – Gbmaj9 – Fm7b5b9 – Fm7b5b9

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

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

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