G Locrian Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G Tuning)

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

Notes: G Ab Bb C Db Eb F

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

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

CAGED - A Shape

d|-11--13-----|
B|-10--12--13-|
G|--8--10--11-|
D|--8--10-----|
G|--8---9--11-|
D|-10--11--13-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|-13--15-----|
B|-12--13--15-|
G|-10--11--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
G|-11--13--14-|
D|-13--15-----|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5---6-|
G|--4---6-----|
D|--5---6---8-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--6---8-----|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5---6-|
G|--4---6-----|
D|--5---6---8-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--5---6---8-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5---6-|
G|--4---6---8-|
D|--6---8--10-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 5 3 2 5`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 1`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 x`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x x`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 3 3 3 2 3`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 3 3 3 2 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 3 3 3 x x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 6 8 6 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 x x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 6 6 6 6 6`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 6 6 6 6 x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 6 6 6 x x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x x x 6 6 6`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 3 1 3 4 1`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 x x`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`3 1 3 1 1 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`3 5 3 5 6 3`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 10`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gdim – Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb – Fm

d|5---------------5---8---5-------------------5---------------5---|----------------------------5---6-------------------------------|
B|2-------2---6---------------4---2-----------2-------2---6-------|------------------------4-----------6---4-----------------------|
G|3---3-------------------------------3-------3---3---------------|1---------------1---5-----------------------5---1---------------|
D|5---------------------------------------5---5-------------------|1-------1---5---------------------------------------3---1-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|5---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------6---8---5---------------------------|----------------------------8---10--6---------------------------|
B|--------------------2---6---------------6---2-------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|3-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------6---5-------|
G|3---6-------------------------------------------------------6---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------10--11------------------------------|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|------------------------9-----------11--9-----------------------|----------------------------4---6-------6---2-------------------|
G|6---------------6---10----------------------10--6---------------|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|6-------6---10--------------------------------------8---6-------|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|10--10------------------------------------------------------10--|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---2-------------------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gdim – Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb – Fm

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------2-------4-------6---4-------2-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
G|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------6-------8-------10--8-------6-------------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|--------10----------------------------------------------10------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 3 3 3 2 3`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 3 3 3 2 x`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`8 6 8 6 6 8`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6 6`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 6 6 6 6 6`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 6 6 6 6 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x x 6 6 6`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x x x 8 8 8`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`3 1 3 1 1 3`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 10`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 10 10 10 9 x`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x x 5 3 2 5`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 1`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1 x`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Bbm7 – Cm7 – Dbmaj7 – Eb7 – Fm7

d|----------------------------6---8---5---------------------------|----------------------------8---10--6---------------------------|
B|--------------------2---6---------------6---2-------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|3-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------6---5-------|
G|3---6-------------------------------------------------------6---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|11--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------11--------------------------|------------------------------------13--------------------------|
B|----------------------------9---11------11--8-------------------|----------------------------11--13------13--9-------------------|
G|3-------------------6---10----------------------10--6-----------|5-------------------8---12----------------------12--8-----------|
D|3-----------6---8---------------------------------------8-------|5-----------8---10--------------------------------------10------|
G|6-------10--------------------------------------------------12--|8-------12--------------------------------------------------13--|
D|8---11----------------------------------------------------------|10--13----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|5---------------5---8---5-------------------5---------------5---|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---2-------------------|2-------2---6---------------4---2-----------2-------2---6-------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|3---3-------------------------------3-------3---3---------------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|5---------------------------------------5---5-------------------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------6---------------------------|
B|----------------------------4---6-------6---2-------------------|
G|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|1-------5---------------------------------------------------6---|
D|3---6-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Bbm7 – Cm7 – Dbmaj7 – Eb7 – Fm7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
G|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------6-------------------------------|--------------------------------8-------------------------------|
G|----------------10------12----------12------10------------------|----------------12------13----------13------12------------------|
D|8-------11----------------------------------------------11------|10------13----------------------------------------------13------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------2-------4-------6---4-------2-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------5-------6-----------6-------5-------------------|
D|3-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 5 5 3 2 5`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 5 5 3 2 x`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 5 5 6 8 8`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 5 8 6 8 5`

Arpeggios

Chords: Cm7b9

d|------------------------5---8---6-------------------------------|
B|1-------------------4---------------6---2-----------------------|
G|0-----------3---5---------------------------3---1---------------|
D|1---1---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|
G|5-------------------------------------------------------6---5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Cm7b9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|
D|--------1-------5---------------------------5-----------1-------|
G|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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