Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Locrian Foundations
Learn to hear Locrian's half-diminished center through its flat second and flat fifth, connect every native chord across all seven positions, and build pedal-based modal movement without disguising the mode as ordinary minor.
Each stage centers one musical target. Its activities stay grouped together so the course reads as a path through the fretboard, not a list of disconnected drills.
MechanicsScalesArpeggiosChordsProgressionsJams
- Stages
- 7
- Lessons
- 41
- Targets
- 385
Stage path
Locrian stays visible as the parent map while each stage shifts the harmonic target and adds the positions needed for that sound.
Establish Position 1 and the i half-diminished sound as a deliberate modal center rather than a conventional minor tonic.
5Tracks5Lessons15Targets
Center the Locrian map on i° while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Position 1.
Isolate the i° triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native iø m7b5 sound inside the newly introduced Position 1.
Combine the first Locrian scale, arpeggio, and chord shapes over a four-bar iø vamp.
Add Position 3 and II major 7, placing Locrian's defining flat second directly beside the half-diminished center.
6Tracks6Lessons30Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on II while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 3.
Isolate the II triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native II Major 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 3.
Use the new II sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between II in Position 3 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.
Add Position 5 and V major 7 to expose the flat-five axis that gives Locrian its unstable identity.
6Tracks6Lessons44Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on V while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 3 + 5.
Isolate the V triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native V Major 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 5.
Use the new V sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between V in Position 5 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.
Add Position 2 and vii minor 7 as a compact route back toward the Locrian center.
6Tracks6Lessons56Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on vii while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 5.
Isolate the vii triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native vii Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 2.
Use the new vii sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between vii in Position 2 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.
Add Position 4 and iv minor 7, broadening the minor-side movement without replacing the diminished tonic quality.
6Tracks6Lessons68Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on iv while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5.
Isolate the iv triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native iv Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 4.
Use the new iv sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between iv in Position 4 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.
Add Position 7 and VI dominant 7, using its native pull toward II while retaining Locrian as the listening center.
6Tracks6Lessons80Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on VI while connecting ascending and descending sequences across Positions 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 7.
Isolate the VI triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native VI Dominant 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 7.
Use the new VI sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between VI in Position 7 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.
Add Position 6 and iii minor 7, completing all seven Locrian positions and the full native chord collection.
6Tracks6Lessons92Targets
Finger exercises to build strength, coordination, and clean fretting from the first session.
Center the Locrian map on iii while connecting ascending and descending sequences across all seven positions.
Isolate the iii triad tones while preserving the same focus-first position order.
Build the native iii Minor 7 sound inside the newly introduced Position 6.
Use the new iii sound in short modal movements built only from functions introduced through this stage.
Move between iii in Position 6 and iø in Position 1 while keeping the Locrian parent map intact.