Locrian Riff Progression in C Locrian for Mandolin

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

Notes: C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--5---6---8--10-|
A|--4---6---8--10-|
D|--4---6---8---9-|
G|--4---6---8---9-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`8 10 9 8`
I	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`11 10 6 8`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`6 3 4 4`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 1 2`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`11 8 9 11`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`5 3 3 4`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 4`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 6`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 4`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 3 4 6`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cdim – Db – Cdim – Cdim

E|8---------------------------9---11--8---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|9-------------------9---13----------9-------------------9---13--|4-------------------3---6-----------4-------------------3---6---|
D|10------8---11--13------------------10------8---11--13----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|8---------------------------9---11--8---------------------------|8---------------------------9---11--8---------------------------|
A|9-------------------9---13----------9-------------------9---13--|9-------------------9---13----------9-------------------9---13--|
D|10------8---11--13------------------10------8---11--13----------|10------8---11--13------------------10------8---11--13----------|
G|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
I	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
II	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`10 10 11 13`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 1 3 2`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 4 3 2`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 4 3 4`
VI	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`8 6 9 8`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`3 3 4 4`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cm7b5 – Dbmaj7 – Cm7b5 – Cm7b5

E|6-----------------------6---9---11--6-----------------------6---|8-----------------------8---11--13--8-----------------------8---|
A|9---------------6---9---------------9---------------6---9-------|11--------------8---11--------------11--------------8---11------|
D|8-------8---11----------------------8-------8---11--------------|10------10--13----------------------10------10--13--------------|
G|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|

E|6-----------------------6---9---11--6-----------------------6---|6-----------------------6---9---11--6-----------------------6---|
A|9---------------6---9---------------9---------------6---9-------|9---------------6---9---------------9---------------6---9-------|
D|8-------8---11----------------------8-------8---11--------------|8-------8---11----------------------8-------8---11--------------|
G|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 2`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 x`
I	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 1`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
II	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 4 x`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 1 2`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 4 1`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 1 1`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 6 9 8`
IV	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`8 6 9 8`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 2`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 x`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 4`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 4`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 x`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 2`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 1 2`
VI	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 3 2`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 3 3 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 3 3 x`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 3 3 4`
VII	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 4`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Cm7b5b9 – Dbmaj9 – Cm7b5b9 – Cm7b5b9

E|2-------------------2---6---2-------------------2---6---2-------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|4-------1---4---6-----------4-------1---4---6-----------4-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|2-------------------2---6---2-------------------2---6---2-------|2-------------------2---6---2-------------------2---6---2-------|
A|4-------1---4---6-----------4-------1---4---6-----------4-------|4-------1---4---6-----------4-------1---4---6-----------4-------|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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