Epic Minor Progression in C Minor for Banjo

The C Minor scale on banjo: the Epic Minor progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: C D Eb F G Ab Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|-10--12--13--15--17-|
B|-10--12--13---------|
G|-10--12--13---------|
D|-11--13--15---------|
G|-13--15--17---------|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 x x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 3`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 0`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 x x x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 3 3 0`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 3 3 3`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 0`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb

D|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1-----------5---6---1---|
B|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1-------4-----------1---|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|1---5---------------1---5---------------1---5---------------1---|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|8-------------------12--15--8-------------------12--15--8-------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|8-----------9---11----------8-----------9---11----------8-------|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|
G|8-------10------------------8-------10------------------8-------|3-------1-------------------3-------1-------------------3-------|
D|8---12----------------------8---12----------------------8---12--|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
G|8---------------------------8---------------------------8-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 0`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 1 1 0`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 3`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 0`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 1`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 3`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 0`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 3`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 3 1 3 x`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Cm7 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Bb7

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|
G|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|
G|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 1 0`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 0 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 0`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 0 3 3`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 3 3 3`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 0 3 3`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 x x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 0 1 x x`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 0 1 3 3`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 3 1 3 0`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 3 1 3 3`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 1 1 0`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 0`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 3`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Cm9 – Abmaj9 – Ebmaj9 – Bb9

D|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1---|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|
G|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|3---0---3---------------3---0---3---------------3---0---3-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-----------------------1-----------------------1---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

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

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