Three-Chord Rock Progression in A Major for Banjo

The A Major scale on banjo: the Three-Chord 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--11--12--14-|
B|--7---9--11---------|
G|--7---9--11---------|
D|--9--10--12---------|
G|-11--12--14---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	A	A C# E	`x x 2 2 2`
I	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2`
I	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2`
I	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x`
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#m	C# E G#	`11 11 9 9 11`
IV	D	D F# A	`7 0 2 3 4`
IV	D	D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7`
V	E	E G# B	`9 9 9 9 9`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 2 2 x`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x 4 2 2 4`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x 4 2 2 x`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 2 2 4`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x x x 0 0`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x x 1 0 0`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x 0 1 0 0`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x 0 1 0 x`

Three-Chord Rock (I–IV–V–IV)

Chords: A – D – E – D

D|2-----------6---7---2-----------6---7---2-----------6---7---2---|4-------------------6---9---4-------------------6---9---4-------|
B|2-------5-----------2-------5-----------2-------5-----------2---|3-----------3---5-----------3-----------3---5-----------3-------|
G|2---6---------------2---6---------------2---6---------------2---|2-------4-------------------2-------4-------------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---6-----------------------0---6-----------------------0---6---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|7---------------------------7---------------------------7-------|

D|9-------------------12--16--9-------------------12--16--9-------|4-------------------6---9---4-------------------6---9---4-------|
B|9-----------10--12----------9-----------10--12----------9-------|3-----------3---5-----------3-----------3---5-----------3-------|
G|9-------11------------------9-------11------------------9-------|2-------4-------------------2-------4-------------------2-------|
D|9---12----------------------9---12----------------------9---12--|0---6-----------------------0---6-----------------------0---6---|
G|9---------------------------9---------------------------9-------|7---------------------------7---------------------------7-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 2`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`6 2 1 2 2`
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	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 2`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 4 2 2`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 0`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 x`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 2 2 0`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 4`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x x 1 0 0`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x 0 1 0 0`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x 0 1 0 x`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x 2 1 0 0`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 2 2 2`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 4 2 2 2`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x x 1 0 4`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 0 1 0 4`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 0 1 3 4`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 0 4 0 4`

Three-Chord Rock (I–IV–V–IV)

Chords: Amaj7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – Dmaj7

D|2-------------------6---2-------------------6---2---------------|0-------------------4---7---0-------------------4---7---0-------|
B|2-----------3---5-------2-----------3---5-------2-----------3---|2-----------2---3-----------2-----------2---3-----------2-------|
G|1---1---4---------------1---1---4---------------1---1---4-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|0---4-----------------------0---4-----------------------0---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|0-----------4---6---0-----------4---6---0-----------4---6---0---|0-------------------4---7---0-------------------4---7---0-------|
B|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|2-----------2---3-----------2-----------2---3-----------2-------|
G|1---4---------------1---4---------------1---4---------------1---|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-----------------------0---4-----------------------0---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x x 2 0 2`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x 2 2 0 x`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 x`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 2 2 0`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 4 2 0`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 4`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x x 1 0 0`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 0 1 0 x`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 2 1 0 0`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x x 1 2 0`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 0`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 2 2 2`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x x 1 0 4`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 0 1 0 4`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 4 1 0 0`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 4 1 0 x`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 2`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 x`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 4`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 4 2 0 0`

Three-Chord Rock (I–IV–V–IV)

Chords: Amaj9 – Dmaj9 – E9 – Dmaj9

D|2-----------6---7---2-----------6---7---2-----------6---7---2---|2-------------------4---7---2-------------------4---7---2-------|
B|0---2---5-----------0---2---5-----------0---2---5-----------0---|2-----------2---3-----------2-----------2---3-----------2-------|
G|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-----------------------0---4-----------------------0---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|4-----------4---6---4-----------4---6---4-----------4---6---4---|2-------------------4---7---2-------------------4---7---2-------|
B|0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0-------3-----------0---|2-----------2---3-----------2-----------2---3-----------2-------|
G|1---4---------------1---4---------------1---4---------------1---|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-----------------------0---4-----------------------0---4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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