Locrian Riff Progression in A Locrian for Mandolin

The A Locrian scale on mandolin: 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: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--2---3---5---7-|
A|--1---3---5---7-|
D|--1---3---5---6-|
G|--1---3---5---6-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Adim	A C Eb	`5 7 6 5`
I	Adim	A C Eb	`8 7 3 5`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
II	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
IV	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
IV	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
VI	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
VI	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
VI	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
VI	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
VII	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Adim – Bb – Adim – Adim

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
I	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
II	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
V	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`5 3 6 5`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 6 5`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 3 8`
VI	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 6 5`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
VII	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Am7b5 – Am7b5

E|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|5-----------------------5---8---10--5-----------------------5---|
A|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|8---------------5---8---------------8---------------5---8-------|
D|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|7-------7---10----------------------7-------7---10--------------|
G|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|7---10------------------------------7---10----------------------|

E|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|
A|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|
D|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Am7b5b9 – Bbmaj9 – Am7b5b9 – Am7b5b9

E|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|------------------------3---------------------------3-----------|
A|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|3-----------0---1---5-------3-----------0---1---5-------3-------|
D|1-------0---3---5-------------------1-------0---3---5-----------|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|
G|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|

E|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
A|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
D|1-------0---3---5-------------------1-------0---3---5-----------|1-------0---3---5-------------------1-------0---3---5-----------|
G|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

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