Monday, December 6, 2010

B Locrian (Guitar)

    B Locrian
E |-----------------------|------------------------|-7--8--10-------|
B |-----------------------|------------------8--10-|----------------|
G |-----------------------|--------7--9--10--------|----------------|
D |---------------------7-|-9--10------------------|----------------|
A |-----------7--8--10----|------------------------|----------------|
E |-7--8--10--------------|------------------------|----------------|
 

Try different combinations of the above notes.  Improvise!  The G7 chord (G-B-D-F), which shares notes with the B diminished chord (B-D-F), which is related to the B Locrian mode, is in this Jam Session:

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