A#/Bb Phrygian Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: Bb B Db Eb F Gb Ab

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fifth Position

D|--6---8---9--11--13--15--16-|
B|--3---4---6---8-------------|
G|--4---6---8--10-------------|
D|--7---9--11--12-------------|
G|-11--13--15--16-------------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

D|--6---8---9--11--13--15--16--18-|
B|--4---6---8---9-----------------|
G|--6---8--10--11-----------------|
D|--9--11--12--14-----------------|
G|-13--15--16--18-----------------|

4NPS - Seventh Position

D|--6---8---9--11--13--15--16--18--20-|
B|--6---8---9--11---------------------|
G|--8--10--11--13---------------------|
D|-11--12--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	B	B Eb Gb	`x x 4 0 4`
II	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 0 4`
II	B	B Eb Gb	`x 1 4 0 4`
II	B	B Eb Gb	`x 4 4 0 1`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`13 13 11 11 13`
V	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 0 x`
V	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 3`
V	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 x`
V	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 0 3`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`11 11 11 11 11`
VII	Abm	Ab B Eb	`6 6 4 4 6`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bbm – B – Db – Ebm – Fdim – Gb – Abm

D|--------------------11------------------------------------------|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|
B|6-----------9---11------11--7---------------6-----------9---11--|0---4-------4---0---0---4-------4---0---0---4-------4---0---0---|
G|6---6---10----------------------10--6-------6---6---10----------|11------------------11------------------11------------------11--|
D|8---------------------------------------8---8-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-------------------------------------------8-------------------|9-------------------9-------------------9-------------------9---|

D|--------------------9---13--9-----------------------------------|--------------------16------------------------------------------|
B|4-----------7---9---------------9-------------------4-----------|11----------14--16------16--12--------------11----------14--16--|
G|4-------8---------------------------10--8-----------4-------8---|11--11--15----------------------15--11------11--11--15----------|
D|6---9---------------------------------------9---6---6---9-------|13--------------------------------------13--13------------------|
G|6---------------------------------------------------6-----------|13------------------------------------------13------------------|

D|1-----------4---6---3---------------1-----------4---6---3-------|--------------------15--18--15----------------------------------|
B|0---0---4---------------4---0-------0---0---4---------------4---|9-----------12--14--------------14------------------9-----------|
G|1-------------------------------1---1---------------------------|10------13--------------------------15--13----------10------13--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|11--15--------------------------------------15--11--11--15------|
G|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|11--------------------------------------------------11----------|

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

Walks

Chords: Bbm – B – Db – Ebm – Fdim – Gb – Abm

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------4-------6-----------------------4-------6-------|
B|------------------------7-------9---7---------------------------|0-------4-----------------------0-------4-----------------------|
G|--------6-------10--------------------------10----------6-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------7-------------------------------|------------------------12------14--12--------------------------|
G|----------------8-------10----------10------8-------------------|--------11------15--------------------------15----------11------|
D|6-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|13--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|--------------------------------12------------------------------|
G|1---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------13------15----------15------13------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|11------15----------------------------------------------15------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------6-------7---6---------------------------|
G|--------4-------8---------------------------8-----------4-------|
D|6---------------------------------------------------------------|
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	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 1`
II	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 x`
II	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x 3 0 1`
II	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 4`
III	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 3`
III	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 x`
III	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x x 1 0 3`
III	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 4 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	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 0 1`
V	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 1`
V	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 x`
V	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 0 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	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 0 4`
VII	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 1 0 4`
VII	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 4 0 4`
VII	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 4 1 0 1`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 3 0 3`
I	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 3 0 6`
I	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 6 0 3`
I	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 6 0 6`
II	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
II	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 3 2 1`
II	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 0 4`
II	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 0 8`
III	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 0 1`
III	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 3`
III	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 3 4 2 1`
III	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 4 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	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 1 0 4`
V	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 4 1 0 1`
V	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 1 4 4`
V	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B 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	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 4`
VII	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 4 3 0 1`
VII	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`6 6 3 0 4`
VII	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 3 0 4`

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