Pop Axis Progression in G#/Ab Major for Banjo

The G#/Ab Major scale on banjo (G sharp / A flat major): the Pop Axis progression in its chords, 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)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13-|
B|--6---8--10---------|
G|--6---8--10---------|
D|--8---9--11---------|
G|-10--11--13---------|

Basic Chords

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 3 2 5`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 x`

Pop Axis (I–V–vi–IV)

Chords: Ab – Eb – Fm – Db

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

D|------------5---6---------------5---6---------------5---6-------|6-------------------10--13--6-------------------10--13--6-------|
B|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|6-----------8---9-----------6-----------8---9-----------6-------|
G|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|6-------8-------------------6-------8-------------------6-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---10----------------------6---10----------------------6---10--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

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`

Pop Axis (I–V–vi–IV)

Chords: Abmaj7 – Eb7 – Fm7 – Dbmaj7

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

D|1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1---|3-------------------6---3-------------------6---3---------------|
B|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|1-----------4---6-------1-----------4---6-------1-----------4---|
G|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|1---1---5---------------1---1---5---------------1---1---5-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-----------------------3-----------------------3---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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 x x`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 3`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 1`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 1`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 2 1`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 2 x`
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	`x x 0 2 3`
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 1 1 x x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
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 3 1 x x`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`

Pop Axis (I–V–vi–IV)

Chords: Abmaj9 – Eb9 – Fm9 – Dbmaj9

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

D|1-----------3---5---1-----------3---5---1-----------3---5---1---|1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1---|
B|1-------2-----------1-------2-----------1-------2-----------1---|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|
G|1---3---------------1---3---------------1---3---------------1---|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|
D|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0---|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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