One-Chord Vamp Progression in A Dorian for Banjo

The A Dorian scale on banjo: the One-Chord Vamp 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--11---------|
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	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 0`
II	Bm	B D F#	`9 0 4 0 4`
II	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 9`
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	D	D F# A	`7 0 2 3 4`
IV	D	D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7`
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#dim	F# A C	`x x 2 1 x`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`x 4 2 1 4`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`x 4 2 1 x`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 2 1 4`
VII	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Am – Am

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	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 0`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 4`
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	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`x x 2 1 0`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 4`
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	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 4 2 1 2`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 0 4`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 3 4`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 0 4`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 3 4`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Am7 – Am7

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	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 2 1 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 4 1 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 1 4`
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	D9	D F# A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 3 4`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 4 3 4`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 0 3 4`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`x x 0 0 4`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 x x`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 0 4`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Am9 – Am9

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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