Neo-Soul Descent Progression in B Major for Banjo

The B Major scale on banjo: the Neo-Soul Descent 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

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	B	B D# F#	`x x x 0 4`
I	B	B D# F#	`x 1 4 0 4`
I	B	B D# F#	`x 4 4 0 1`
I	B	B D# F#	`x 1 4 4 4`
II	C#m	C# E G#	`11 11 9 9 11`
III	D#m	D# F# A#	`13 13 11 11 13`
IV	E	E G# B	`9 9 9 9 9`
V	F#	F# A# C#	`11 11 11 11 11`
VI	G#m	G# B D#	`6 6 4 4 6`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x x x 2 2`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 2`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: E – D#m – C#m – B

D|9-------------------13--16--9-------------------13--16--9-------|13------------------16--13------------------16--13--------------|
B|9-----------11--12----------9-----------11--12----------9-------|11----------14--16------11----------14--16------11----------14--|
G|9-------11------------------9-------11------------------9-------|11--11--15--------------11--11--15--------------11--11--15------|
D|9---13----------------------9---13----------------------9---13--|13----------------------13----------------------13--------------|
G|9---------------------------9---------------------------9-------|13----------------------13----------------------13--------------|

D|11------------------14--11------------------14--11--------------|4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4---|
B|9-----------12--14------9-----------12--14------9-----------12--|0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---4-------0---|
G|9---9---13--------------9---9---13--------------9---9---13------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|11----------------------11----------------------11--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|11----------------------11----------------------11--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 1`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 x`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x x 3 0 1`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 4`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 2`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 2 4 2 2`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 1`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 x`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x x 3 2 1`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 4`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x x 1 0 1`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 1`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 x`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 2 1 0 1`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 2`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 4 3 2 2`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x x 1 0 4`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 1 1 0 4`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 1 4 0 4`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 1`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 2`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`6 2 1 2 2`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Emaj7 – D#m7 – C#m7 – Bmaj7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 x`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x x 3 2 1`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x x 4 2 1`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 3 2 4`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x x 1 0 1`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 x`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 2 1 0 1`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 1 1 0 2`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 1 3 2 2`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 1`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x x 3 2 2`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 2 3 2 x`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x x 1 0 4`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 1 1 0 4`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 1`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 4 1 0 x`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 2 1 2 x`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x x 1 2 2`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 2`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`x 4 1 2 x`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 x`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x x 3 0 1`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 1 3 0 4`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 4 3 0 1`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x 2 1 0 x`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x x 1 0 2`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x x 3 0 2`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x 2 3 0 x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Emaj9 – D#m7b9 – C#m9 – Bmaj9

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

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

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