Aeolian Rock Progression in A Minor for Banjo

The A Minor scale on banjo: the Aeolian Rock progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A B C D E F G

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--7---9--10--12--14-|
B|--7---9--10---------|
G|--7---9--10---------|
D|--8--10--12---------|
G|-10--12--14---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 0 3`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 3 3`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 0 3`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`
VI	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
VII	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Am – F – G – Am

D|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|10------------------14--17--10------------------14--17--10------|
B|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|10----------12--13----------10----------12--13----------10------|
G|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|10------12------------------10------12------------------10------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|10--14----------------------10--14----------------------10--14--|
G|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|10--------------------------10--------------------------10------|

D|0-------------------3---7---0-------------------3---7---0-------|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|
B|0-----------1---3-----------0-----------1---3-----------0-------|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|
G|0-------2-------------------0-------2-------------------0-------|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Am7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – Am7

D|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2---|
B|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|
G|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3---|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|0---4---------------0---4---------------0---4---------------0---|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Am9 – Fmaj9 – G9 – Am9

D|2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2---|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|0---1---5-----------0---1---5-----------0---1---5-----------0---|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2---0---4---------------2---0---4---------------2---0---4-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2---|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|0---1---5-----------0---1---5-----------0---1---5-----------0---|
G|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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