Locrian Riff Progression in D Locrian for Mandolin

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

Notes: D Eb F G Ab Bb C

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--7---8--10--12-|
A|--6---8--10--12-|
D|--6---8--10--11-|
G|--6---8--10--11-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 12 11 10`
I	Ddim	D F Ab	`13 12 8 10`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
II	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`5 3 3 4`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 4`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 4`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
VII	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Ddim – Eb – Ddim – Ddim

E|10--------------------------11--13--10--------------------------|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|11------------------11--15----------11------------------11--15--|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|12------10--13--15------------------12------10--13--15----------|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|
G|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

E|10--------------------------11--13--10--------------------------|10--------------------------11--13--10--------------------------|
A|11------------------11--15----------11------------------11--15--|11------------------11--15----------11------------------11--15--|
D|12------10--13--15------------------12------10--13--15----------|12------10--13--15------------------12------10--13--15----------|
G|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
I	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 13`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
II	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
V	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 1 4`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 5 4`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 4`
VI	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 6`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
VII	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7b5 – Dm7b5

E|8-----------------------8---11--13--8-----------------------8---|3-----------------------1---4---3-----------------------1---4---|
A|11--------------8---11--------------11--------------8---11------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|10------10--13----------------------10------10--13--------------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 1`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
I	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 4`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
II	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 1`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 x`
III	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 1 3 3`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 8 11 10`
IV	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`10 8 11 10`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 x`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 3`
V	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 3 x`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 3 1`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 1`
VI	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 x`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
VII	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Dm7b5b9 – Ebmaj9 – Dm7b5b9 – Dm7b5b9

E|1---------------------------3---4---1---------------------------|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|
A|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

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

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