A#/Bb Minor Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

The A#/Bb Minor scale on banjo (A sharp / B flat minor): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fifth Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13--15--16-|
B|--3---4---6---8-------------|
G|--5---6---8--10-------------|
D|--7---9--11--13-------------|
G|-11--13--15--16-------------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

D|--6---8--10--11--13--15--16--18-|
B|--4---6---8--10-----------------|
G|--6---8--10--11-----------------|
D|--9--11--13--14-----------------|
G|-13--15--16--18-----------------|

4NPS - Seventh Position

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

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x x 1 4`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 5 1 4`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 1 5 1 4`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`13 13 11 11 13`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`11 11 11 11 11`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab

D|--------------------11------------------------------------------|4-------4---8---6---------------4-------4---8---6---------------|
B|6-----------9---11------11--7---------------6-----------9---11--|4---4---------------6---2-------4---4---------------6---2-------|
G|6---6---10----------------------10--6-------6---6---10----------|5---------------------------5---5---------------------------5---|
D|8---------------------------------------8---8-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-------------------------------------------8-------------------|10------------------------------10------------------------------|

D|--------------------10--13--10----------------------------------|--------------------16------------------------------------------|
B|4-----------7---9---------------9-------------------4-----------|11----------14--16------16--13--------------11----------14--16--|
G|5-------8---------------------------10--8-----------5-------8---|11--11--15----------------------15--11------11--11--15----------|
D|6---10--------------------------------------10--6---6---10------|13--------------------------------------13--13------------------|
G|6---------------------------------------------------6-----------|13------------------------------------------13------------------|

D|1-----------4---6-------------------1-----------4---6-----------|--------------------15--18--15----------------------------------|
B|1-------4-----------6---4-----------1-------4-----------6---4---|9-----------13--14--------------14------------------9-----------|
G|1---5-----------------------5---1---1---5-----------------------|10------13--------------------------15--13----------10------13--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|11--15--------------------------------------15--11--11--15------|
G|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|11--------------------------------------------------11----------|

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

Walks

Chords: Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------4-------6-------8---6-------4-------------------|
B|------------------------7-------9---7---------------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
G|--------6-------10--------------------------10----------6-------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------7-------------------------------|------------------------13------14--13--------------------------|
G|----------------8-------10----------10------8-------------------|--------11------15--------------------------15----------11------|
D|6-------10----------------------------------------------10------|13--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|--------------------------------13------------------------------|
G|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|----------------13------15----------15------13------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|11------15----------------------------------------------15------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 3 1 1`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 4`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 5 2 3`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 1`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 3 2 1`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 2 3`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 3`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 3 2 3`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 1 4 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 1 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 4 4`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 3 1 3`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 3 1 6`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 1 3`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 1 6`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 3 2 1`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 4 4`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 4 8`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 3`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 5 2 1`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 5 2 3`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 3 2 3`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 1`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 3 2 3`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 4`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 3 1 4 4`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 1 1 1 4`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 4 1 1 1`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 4 1 4 3`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 2 3`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 4`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`6 4 1 2 3`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 4`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 1 4`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 4 3 1 1`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`6 6 3 1 4`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 3 1 4`

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