G#/Ab Major Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

The G#/Ab Major scale on banjo (G sharp / A flat major): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Sixth Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13--15--17-|
B|--3---5---6---8-------------|
G|--5---6---8--10-------------|
D|--8---9--11--13-------------|
G|-11--13--15--17-------------|

4NPS - Seventh Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13--15--17--18-|
B|--5---6---8--10-----------------|
G|--6---8--10--12-----------------|
D|--9--11--13--14-----------------|
G|-13--15--17--18-----------------|

4NPS - First Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13--15--17--18--20-|
B|--6---8--10--11---------------------|
G|--8--10--12--13---------------------|
D|-11--13--14--16---------------------|
G|-15--17--18--20---------------------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 3 2 x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 0 2 5`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 5`

Arpeggios

Chords: Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb – Fm – Gdim

D|1-----------5---6-------------------1-----------5---6-----------|--------------------11------------------------------------------|
B|1-------4-----------6---4-----------1-------4-----------6---4---|6-----------9---11------11--8---------------6-----------9---11--|
G|1---5-----------------------5---1---1---5-----------------------|6---6---10----------------------10--6-------6---6---10----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------8---8-------------------|
G|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|8-------------------------------------------8-------------------|

D|--------------------13------------------------------------------|--------------------10--13--10----------------------------------|
B|8-----------11--13------13--9---------------8-----------11--13--|4-----------8---9---------------9-------------------4-----------|
G|8---8---12----------------------12--8-------8---8---12----------|5-------8---------------------------10--8-----------5-------8---|
D|10--------------------------------------10--10------------------|6---10--------------------------------------10--6---6---10------|
G|10------------------------------------------10------------------|6---------------------------------------------------6-----------|

D|--------------------11--15--11----------------------------------|1-----------5---6-------------------1-----------5---6-----------|
B|6-----------9---11--------------11------------------6-----------|1-------4-----------6---4-----------1-------4-----------6---4---|
G|6-------10--------------------------12--10----------6-------10--|1---5-----------------------5---1---1---5-----------------------|
D|8---11--------------------------------------11--8---8---11------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8---------------------------------------------------8-----------|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|

D|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
B|2-------2-----------4---2-----------2-------2-----------4---2---|
G|0---3-----------------------3---0---0---3-----------------------|
D|8-----------------------------------8---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb – Fm – Gdim

D|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|------------------------8-------9---8---------------------------|
G|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|--------6-------10--------------------------10----------6-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------9-------11--9---------------------------|--------------------------------8-------------------------------|
G|--------8-------12--------------------------12----------8-------|----------------8-------10----------10------8-------------------|
D|10--------------------------------------------------------------|6-------10----------------------------------------------10------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------9-------------------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
G|----------------10------12----------12------10------------------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|8-------11----------------------------------------------11------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 5 2 3`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 1`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 x`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 1`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 0 2 3`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 3`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 3 2 3`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 5`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 5 3 1 1`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 3 1 3`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 3 1 6`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 1 3`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 1 6`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 1`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 x`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 5`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 1`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 5 2 1`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 5 2 3`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 0 2 3`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 3 2 3`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 0 2 3`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 1`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 0 1 1`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 3`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 x`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 5 1 2 3`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 5`

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