Locrian Riff Progression in B Locrian for Ukulele

The B Locrian scale on ukulele: 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 C E A)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

A|-12--14-----|
E|-11--12--14-|
C|-12--13--15-|
G|-12--14--15-|

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bdim – C – Bdim – Bdim

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

A|2-----------3---5---2-----------3---5---2-----------3---5---2---|2-----------3---5---2-----------3---5---2-----------3---5---2---|
E|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|
C|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bm7b5

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

A|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|
E|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|
C|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
G|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 1 2`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
I	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 1 2`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
II	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 3`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 2 0 x`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 0`
III	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 1 2`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 1 x`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 2 1 2`
IV	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 4 1 x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 1 x`
V	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`2 0 3 x`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`0 2 1 0`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 1 0`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`2 2 1 2`
VI	G9	G B D F A	`2 2 1 x`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`2 0 3 2`
VII	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 3 2`

Locrian Riff (i°–♭II–i°–i°)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Bm7b5b9 – Bm7b5b9

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

A|0-----------2---3---0-----------2---3---0-----------2---3---0---|0-----------2---3---0-----------2---3---0-----------2---3---0---|
E|1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1---|1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1---|
C|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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