Locrian Riff Progression in G Locrian for Mandolin

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

Notes: G Ab Bb C Db Eb F

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|-12--13--15--17-|
A|-11--13--15--17-|
D|-11--13--15--16-|
G|-11--13--15--16-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 5 4 3`
I	Gdim	G Bb Db	`6 5 1 3`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
II	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 4`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 3 4 6`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`6 3 4 4`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`5 3 3 4`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 4`
VII	Fm	F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gdim – Ab – Gdim – Gdim

E|3---------------------------4---6---3---------------------------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
A|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|5-------3---6---8-------------------5-------3---6---8-----------|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|
G|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|3---------------------------4---6---3---------------------------|3---------------------------4---6---3---------------------------|
A|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
D|5-------3---6---8-------------------5-------3---6---8-----------|5-------3---6---8-------------------5-------3---6---8-----------|
G|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
I	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
II	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`3 3 4 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
V	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`10 10 11 13`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 4 3`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 4 3`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`6 1 1 6`
VI	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`6 1 4 3`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
VII	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gm7b5 – Abmaj7 – Gm7b5 – Gm7b5

E|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|
A|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 3`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 x`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 4`
I	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 4 4`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 x`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 3`
II	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 3 3 x`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 3 3 x`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 3 3 4`
III	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 4`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 4 3`
IV	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 4 3`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 1`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
V	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 1 4 x`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 3 1 x`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 3 1 3`
VI	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 4 1`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 1`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 x`
VII	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 1 3 3`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Gm7b5b9 – Abmaj9 – Gm7b5b9 – Gm7b5b9

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

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

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