Minor ii–V–i Progression in A Minor for Banjo

The A Minor scale on banjo: the Minor ii–V–i 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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bdim – Em – Am – Am

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

D|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|7-------------------10--7-------------------10--7---------------|
B|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|5-----------8---10------5-----------8---10------5-----------8---|
G|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|
G|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Em7 – Am7 – Am7

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

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

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Em7b9 – Am9 – Am9

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

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

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