I–vi–ii–V Turnaround Progression in B Major for Banjo

The B Major scale on banjo: the I–vi–ii–V Turnaround progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: B C# D# E F# G# A#

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--9--11--13--14--16-|
B|--9--11--13---------|
G|--9--11--13---------|
D|-11--12--14---------|
G|-13--14--16---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

DegreeChordNotesFingering (low to high)
IBB D# F#x x x 0 4
IBB D# F#x 1 4 0 4
IBB D# F#x 4 4 0 1
IBB D# F#x 1 4 4 4
IIC#mC# E G#11 11 9 9 11
IIID#mD# F# A#13 13 11 11 13
IVEE G# B9 9 9 9 9
VF#F# A# C#11 11 11 11 11
VIG#mG# B D#6 6 4 4 6
VIIA#dimA# C# Ex x x 2 2
VIIA#dimA# C# Ex x 3 2 2
VIIA#dimA# C# Ex 2 3 2 2
VIIA#dimA# C# Ex 2 3 2 x

I–vi–ii–V Turnaround (I–vi–ii–V)

Chords: B – G#m – C#m – F#

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

D|11------------------14--11------------------14--11--------------|11------------------14--18--11------------------14--18--11------|
B|9-----------12--14------9-----------12--14------9-----------12--|11----------12--14----------11----------12--14----------11------|
G|9---9---13--------------9---9---13--------------9---9---13------|11------13------------------11------13------------------11------|
D|11----------------------11----------------------11--------------|11--14----------------------11--14----------------------11--14--|
G|11----------------------11----------------------11--------------|11--------------------------11--------------------------11------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

DegreeChordNotesFingering (low to high)
IBmaj7B D# F# A#x 1 3 0 1
IBmaj7B D# F# A#x 1 3 0 x
IBmaj7B D# F# A#x x 3 0 1
IBmaj7B D# F# A#x 1 3 0 4
IIC#m7C# E G# Bx 2 1 0 2
IIC#m7C# E G# Bx 2 1 0 x
IIC#m7C# E G# Bx x 1 0 2
IIC#m7C# E G# Bx 2 4 2 2
IIID#m7D# F# A# C#x 1 3 2 1
IIID#m7D# F# A# C#x 1 3 2 x
IIID#m7D# F# A# C#x x 3 2 1
IIID#m7D# F# A# C#x 1 3 2 4
IVEmaj7E G# B D#x x 1 0 1
IVEmaj7E G# B D#x 1 1 0 1
IVEmaj7E G# B D#x 1 1 0 x
IVEmaj7E G# B D#x 2 1 0 1
VF#7F# A# C# Ex x 3 2 2
VF#7F# A# C# Ex 2 3 2 2
VF#7F# A# C# Ex 2 3 2 x
VF#7F# A# C# Ex 4 3 2 2
VIG#m7G# B D# F#x x 1 0 4
VIG#m7G# B D# F#x 1 1 0 4
VIG#m7G# B D# F#x 1 4 0 4
VIG#m7G# B D# F#x 4 1 0 1
VIIA#m7b5A# C# E G#x 2 1 2 2
VIIA#m7b5A# C# E G#x 2 1 2 x
VIIA#m7b5A# C# E G#x x 1 2 2
VIIA#m7b5A# C# E G#6 2 1 2 2

I–vi–ii–V Turnaround (I–vi–ii–V)

Chords: Bmaj7 – G#m7 – C#m7 – F#7

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

D|2-----------4---6---2-----------4---6---2-----------4---6---2---|2-----------6---8---2-----------6---8---2-----------6---8---2---|
B|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|2-------5-----------2-------5-----------2-------5-----------2---|
G|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|3---6---------------3---6---------------3---6---------------3---|
D|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

DegreeChordNotesFingering (low to high)
IBmaj9B D# F# A# C#x 1 3 2 x
IBmaj9B D# F# A# C#x x 3 2 1
IBmaj9B D# F# A# C#x x 4 2 1
IBmaj9B D# F# A# C#x 1 3 2 4
IIC#m9C# E G# B D#x x 1 0 1
IIC#m9C# E G# B D#x 1 1 0 x
IIC#m9C# E G# B D#x 2 1 0 1
IIC#m9C# E G# B D#x 1 1 0 2
IIID#m7b9D# F# A# C# Ex 1 3 2 2
IIID#m7b9D# F# A# C# Ex 2 3 2 1
IIID#m7b9D# F# A# C# Ex x 3 2 2
IIID#m7b9D# F# A# C# Ex 2 3 2 x
IVEmaj9E G# B D# F#x x 1 0 4
IVEmaj9E G# B D# F#x 1 1 0 4
IVEmaj9E G# B D# F#x 4 1 0 1
IVEmaj9E G# B D# F#x 4 1 0 x
VF#9F# A# C# E G#x 2 1 2 x
VF#9F# A# C# E G#x x 1 2 2
VF#9F# A# C# E G#x 4 1 2 2
VF#9F# A# C# E G#x 4 1 2 x
VIG#m9G# B D# F# A#x 1 3 0 x
VIG#m9G# B D# F# A#x x 3 0 1
VIG#m9G# B D# F# A#x 1 3 0 4
VIG#m9G# B D# F# A#x 4 3 0 1
VIIA#m7b5b9A# C# E G# Bx 2 1 0 x
VIIA#m7b5b9A# C# E G# Bx x 1 0 2
VIIA#m7b5b9A# C# E G# Bx x 3 0 2
VIIA#m7b5b9A# C# E G# Bx 2 3 0 x

I–vi–ii–V Turnaround (I–vi–ii–V)

Chords: Bmaj9 – G#m9 – C#m9 – F#9

D|--------------------4---8-----------------------4---8-----------|------------4---6---------------4---6---------------4---6-------|
B|2-----------2---4-----------2-----------2---4-----------2-------|0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---0---4-----------0---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3---|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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