A Locrian Jam Track

Just two chords, Eb/A and F/A.
The notes in an A Locrian scale are A Bb C D Eb F G A
The relative major is Bb.
Lesson on the Locrian mode found here...
• The Modes - C Locrian
©2013 by Tom Strahle, BMI, Madison Heights Music, BMI

[@autocrow]

Nice track. Same pattern as A# Ionian (major scale) for lead.

[@ValentyneMu]

aka Bb Major ;P

[@scorpionz44]

i love this, its amazing, thanks for giving 9 minutes of joy

[@TheOrbithal]

ty, its so great

[@TomStrahle]

Haha, thanks Alejandro. Practice those scales.

[@borjapeb3767]

It actually works

[@Philiphray]

sounds like Eb lydian to me.

[@TomStrahle]

Eb Lydian and A Locrian are relative scales. They have the same notes. So you could totally play Eb Lydian over that progression.

[@Marius-vw9hp]

Doesnt sound like locrian. the changes pull the song into F Mixolydian.

[@ValentyneMu]

x2

[@TomStrahle]

Haha. Thanks.

[@NicolasGarciaLieberman]

A does not feel like the tonic.

[@TomStrahle]

Nicolás García Lieberman Exactly right. Locrian is theoretical. The relative major is Bb which A Locrian sounds more like.

[@blizzmcwaggs2091]

But if you are making a backing track for the locrian mode, the I chord should be a diminished chord, because of the fifth interval being brought down a semitone. If that was taken into account, theoretical or not, A would feel like the tonic.

[@yatyayat]

More like F Mixolydian to me.

[@TomStrahle]

F Mixolydian is relative to A Locrian. This is a Joe Satriani trick to create a modal track using the IV and V of the tonic key and placing them over different bass notes. In this case an A.

[@TomStrahle]

There would be several ways to create a Locrian jam track. That would be one way as well. This is the way Joe Satriani did it.