C Minor Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

The C Minor scale on banjo: scale shapes, chords and progressions, 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)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fourth Position

D|--6---8--10--12--13--15--17-|
B|--3---5---6---8-------------|
G|--5---7---8--10-------------|
D|--8---9--11--13-------------|
G|-12--13--15--17-------------|

4NPS - Fifth Position

D|--6---8--10--12--13--15--17--18-|
B|--5---6---8--10-----------------|
G|--7---8--10--12-----------------|
D|--9--11--13--15-----------------|
G|-13--15--17--18-----------------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

D|--6---8--10--12--13--15--17--18--20-|
B|--6---8--10--12---------------------|
G|--8--10--12--13---------------------|
D|-11--13--15--16---------------------|
G|-15--17--18--20---------------------|

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 0`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 3`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 0 1 3 x`
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 0 x x`
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 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`

Arpeggios

Chords: Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb

D|--------------------13------------------------------------------|--------------------3---6---3-----------------------------------|
B|8-----------11--13------13--9---------------8-----------11--13--|3-----------1---3---------------3-------------------3-----------|
G|8---8---12----------------------12--8-------8---8---12----------|1-------1---------------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|
D|10--------------------------------------10--10------------------|0---3---------------------------------------3---0---0---3-------|
G|10------------------------------------------10------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------12--15--12----------------------------------|1-----------5---6-------------------1-----------5---6-----------|
B|6-----------9---11--------------11------------------6-----------|1-------4-----------6---4-----------1-------4-----------6---4---|
G|7-------10--------------------------12--10----------7-------10--|1---5-----------------------5---1---1---5-----------------------|
D|8---12--------------------------------------12--8---8---12------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8---------------------------------------------------8-----------|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|

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

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

Walks

Chords: Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb

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

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------9-------------------------------|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|
G|----------------10------12----------12------10------------------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|8-------12----------------------------------------------12------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 1 0`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 1`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 x`
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 3 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 3`
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	`0 0 3 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 3 0 1 1`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 1 1`
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`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 3 1 3 x`
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 1 5`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 5 3 1 1`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1 3`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 0`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 0 1 1 3`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 0 3 1 0`

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