C Major Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: C D E F G A B

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Third Position

D|--7---9--10--12--14--15-|
B|--2---3---5---7---------|
G|--4---5---7---9---------|
D|--6---8--10--12---------|
G|-10--12--14--15---------|

4NPS - Fourth Position

D|--7---9--10--12--14--15--17-|
B|--3---5---7---9-------------|
G|--5---7---9--10-------------|
D|--8--10--12--13-------------|
G|-12--14--15--17-------------|

4NPS - Fifth Position

D|--7---9--10--12--14--15--17--19-|
B|--5---7---9--10-----------------|
G|--7---9--10--12-----------------|
D|-10--12--13--15-----------------|
G|-14--15--17--19-----------------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
I	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
I	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
I	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
II	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
III	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
III	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
III	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`
IV	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`
V	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
VI	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
VII	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 0 3`
VII	Bdim	B D F	`x x x 3 3`
VII	Bdim	B D F	`x x 4 0 3`
VII	Bdim	B D F	`x 0 4 0 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim

D|2-------------------5-----------------------2-------------------|--------------------15------------------------------------------|
B|0-----------3---5-------5---1---------------0-----------3---5---|10----------13--15------15--12--------------10----------13--15--|
G|0---0---4-----------------------4---0-------0---0---4-----------|10--10--14----------------------14--10------10--10--14----------|
D|2---------------------------------------2---2-------------------|12--------------------------------------12--12------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|12------------------------------------------12------------------|

D|2-------------------5-----------------------2-------------------|--------------------14--17--14----------------------------------|
B|0-----------3---5-------5---1---------------0-----------3---5---|8-----------12--13--------------13------------------8-----------|
G|0---0---4-----------------------4---0-------0---0---4-----------|9-------12--------------------------14--12----------9-------12--|
D|2---------------------------------------2---2-------------------|10--14--------------------------------------14--10--10--14------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------10----------|

D|--------------------3---7---3-----------------------------------|--------------------10------------------------------------------|
B|3-----------1---3---------------3-------------------3-----------|5-----------8---10------10--6---------------5-----------8---10--|
G|2-------2---------------------------4---2-----------2-------2---|5---5---9-----------------------9---5-------5---5---9-----------|
D|0---3---------------------------------------3---0---0---3-------|7---------------------------------------7---7-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|7-------------------------------------------7-------------------|

D|3-------3---7---5---------------3-------3---7---5---------------|
B|3---3---------------5---1-------3---3---------------5---1-------|
G|4---------------------------4---4---------------------------4---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-------------------------------9-------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: C – Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|------------------------12------13--12--------------------------|
G|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|--------10------14--------------------------14----------10------|
D|2---------------------------------------------------------------|12--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|--------------------------------12------------------------------|
G|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|----------------12------14----------14------12------------------|
D|2---------------------------------------------------------------|10------14----------------------------------------------14------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|
G|----------------2-------4-----------4-------2-------------------|--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|
D|0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|
B|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
I	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 2 0 0 x`
I	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 2`
I	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
III	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
III	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
III	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 x`
III	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
IV	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
V	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 0 3`
V	G7	G B D F	`x x 0 3 3`
V	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 0 3`
V	G7	G B D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
VI	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
VII	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 0`
VII	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 x`
VII	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x x 2 0 0`
VII	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 0 2 0 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0`
I	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 0 0`
I	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 0 0 0 2`
I	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 0 0 2`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`
II	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 3`
III	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
III	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
III	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 0 0 0 3`
III	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 0 0 0 3`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 0 1 2`
IV	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 3 2 1 2`
V	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 0 3`
V	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 2 3 3`
V	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 2 0 3`
V	G9	G B D F A	`0 3 2 0 0`
VI	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 2`
VI	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 0 x`
VI	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 4 1 2`
VI	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 4 1 x`
VII	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
VII	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 2 1 0`
VII	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`7 0 5 0 0`
VII	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`7 0 5 0 3`

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