Locrian Riff Progression in B Locrian for Mandolin

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

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--4---5---7---9-|
A|--3---5---7---9-|
D|--3---5---7---8-|
G|--3---5---7---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bdim	B D F	`7 9 8 7`
I	Bdim	B D F	`10 9 5 7`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
II	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
II	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
II	C	C E G	`5 5 7 8`
III	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
III	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
III	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
III	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`4 2 2 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`9 9 10 7`
V	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
V	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
V	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
V	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
VI	G	G B D	`0 0 2 3`
VI	G	G B D	`4 5 5 3`
VI	G	G B D	`4 0 2 3`
VI	G	G B D	`7 5 2 3`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
VII	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
VII	Am	A C E	`5 2 3 5`
VII	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bdim – C – Bdim – Bdim

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 5`
I	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 10`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 7`
II	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 12`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 2 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`4 0 2 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 5 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`4 5 5 3`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
V	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 0 2 1`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 1`
VI	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 3`
VI	G7	G B D F	`7 5 8 7`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
VII	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bm7b5

E|5-----------------------5---8---10--5-----------------------5---|7-----------------------7---10--12--7-----------------------7---|
A|8---------------5---8---------------8---------------5---8-------|10--------------7---10--------------10--------------7---10------|
D|7-------7---10----------------------7-------7---10--------------|9-------9---12----------------------9-------9---12--------------|
G|7---10------------------------------7---10----------------------|9---12------------------------------9---12----------------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Bm7b5b9 – Bm7b5b9

E|1-------------------1---5---1-------------------1---5---1-------|0---------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|3-------0---3---5-----------3-------0---3---5-----------3-------|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|0-------0---3---5-------------------0-------0---3---5-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

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

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