B Lydian Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

The B Lydian scale on banjo: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: B Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fourth 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 - Fifth 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 - Sixth 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	B	B Eb Gb	`x x 4 0 4`
I	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 0 4`
I	B	B Eb Gb	`x 1 4 0 4`
I	B	B Eb Gb	`x 4 4 0 1`
II	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
III	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`13 13 11 11 13`
IV	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 0 x`
IV	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 3`
IV	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 x`
IV	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 0 3`
V	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`11 11 11 11 11`
VI	Abm	Ab B Eb	`6 6 4 4 6`
VII	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`

Arpeggios

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

D|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|--------------------9---13--9-----------------------------------|
B|0---4-------4---0---0---4-------4---0---0---4-------4---0---0---|4-----------7---9---------------9-------------------4-----------|
G|11------------------11------------------11------------------11--|4-------8---------------------------10--8-----------4-------8---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|6---9---------------------------------------9---6---6---9-------|
G|9-------------------9-------------------9-------------------9---|6---------------------------------------------------6-----------|

D|--------------------16------------------------------------------|1-----------4---6---3---------------1-----------4---6---3-------|
B|11----------14--16------16--12--------------11----------14--16--|0---0---4---------------4---0-------0---0---4---------------4---|
G|11--11--15----------------------15--11------11--11--15----------|1-------------------------------1---1---------------------------|
D|13--------------------------------------13--13------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|13------------------------------------------13------------------|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|

D|--------------------15--18--15----------------------------------|--------------------9-------------------------------------------|
B|9-----------12--14--------------14------------------9-----------|4-----------7---9-------9---6---------------4-----------7---9---|
G|10------13--------------------------15--13----------10------13--|4---4---8-----------------------8---4-------4---4---8-----------|
D|11--15--------------------------------------15--11--11--15------|6---------------------------------------6---6-------------------|
G|11--------------------------------------------------11----------|6-------------------------------------------6-------------------|

D|--------------------11------------------------------------------|
B|6-----------9---11------11--7---------------6-----------9---11--|
G|6---6---10----------------------10--6-------6---6---10----------|
D|8---------------------------------------8---8-------------------|
G|8-------------------------------------------8-------------------|

Walks

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

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

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------3-------4---3---------------------------|
B|------------------------12------14--12--------------------------|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|
G|--------11------15--------------------------15----------11------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|13--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12------------------------------|------------------------6-------7---6---------------------------|
G|----------------13------15----------15------13------------------|--------4-------8---------------------------8-----------4-------|
D|11------15----------------------------------------------15------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 1`
I	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 x`
I	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x 3 0 1`
I	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 4`
II	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 3`
II	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 1 0 x`
II	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x x 1 0 3`
II	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 3 4 2 3`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 1`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 x`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 3 2 1`
III	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
IV	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 0 1`
IV	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 1`
IV	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 x`
IV	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 0 1`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 2 3`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 3`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 x`
V	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 3 2 3`
VI	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 0 4`
VI	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 1 0 4`
VI	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 4 0 4`
VI	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 4 1 0 1`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
VII	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 3 2 4`
I	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 3 2 1`
I	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 0 4`
I	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`8 4 6 0 8`
II	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 0 1`
II	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 1 0 3`
II	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 3 4 2 1`
II	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 4 2 3`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 3 2 3`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 1`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 3 2 3`
III	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 3 2 4`
IV	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 1 0 4`
IV	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 4 1 0 1`
IV	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 1 4 4`
IV	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 4 1 4 3`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 2 3`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 4`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`6 4 1 2 3`
V	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 4`
VI	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 3 0 4`
VI	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 4 3 0 1`
VI	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`6 6 3 0 4`
VI	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 3 0 4`
VII	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 3 0 3`
VII	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 3 0 6`
VII	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 6 0 3`
VII	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`6 3 6 0 6`

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