Minor Blues Progression in C Minor for Banjo

The C Minor scale on banjo: the Minor Blues 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`

Minor Blues

Chords: Cm – Cm – Cm – Cm – Fm – Fm – Cm – Cm – Gm – Fm – Cm – Gm

D|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|
B|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|
G|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|

D|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|
B|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|
G|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|

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

D|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|10------------------13--10------------------13--10--------------|
B|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|8-----------11--13------8-----------11--13------8-----------11--|
G|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|
D|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|
G|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|

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

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

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`

Minor Blues

Chords: Cm7 – Cm7 – Cm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Fm7 – Cm7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – Fm7 – Cm7 – Gm7

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minor Blues

Chords: Cm9 – Cm9 – Cm9 – Cm9 – Fm9 – Fm9 – Cm9 – Cm9 – Gm7b9 – Fm9 – Cm9 – Gm7b9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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