D Major Banjo Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: D E F# G A B C#

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Second Position

D|--7---9--11--12--14--16-|
B|--2---4---5---7---------|
G|--4---6---7---9---------|
D|--7---8--10--12---------|
G|-11--12--14--16---------|

4NPS - Third Position

D|--7---9--11--12--14--16--17-|
B|--4---5---7---9-------------|
G|--6---7---9--11-------------|
D|--8--10--12--14-------------|
G|-12--14--16--17-------------|

4NPS - Fourth Position

D|--7---9--11--12--14--16--17--19-|
B|--5---7---9--11-----------------|
G|--7---9--11--12-----------------|
D|-10--12--14--15-----------------|
G|-14--16--17--19-----------------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	D	D F# A	`7 0 2 3 0`
I	D	D F# A	`7 0 2 3 4`
I	D	D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 2`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 4 0 5`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 2 2 x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x 4 2 2 4`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x 4 2 2 x`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 2 2 4`
IV	G	G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x x 2 2 2`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2`
V	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2`
V	A	A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 0`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`9 0 4 0 4`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`9 9 7 7 9`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`0 2 0 2 2`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`0 2 0 2 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 2 0 2 2`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`0 2 0 x x`

Arpeggios

Chords: D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#dim

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

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

D|2-----------5---7-------------------2-----------5---7-----------|--------------------12------------------------------------------|
B|2-------5-----------7---5-----------2-------5-----------7---5---|7-----------10--12------12--8---------------7-----------10--12--|
G|2---6-----------------------6---2---2---6-----------------------|7---7---11----------------------11--7-------7---7---11----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|9---------------------------------------9---9-------------------|
G|7-----------------------------------7---------------------------|9-------------------------------------------9-------------------|

D|2-------------------5-----------------------2-------------------|
B|0-----------3---5-------5---2---------------0-----------3---5---|
G|0---0---4-----------------------4---0-------0---0---4-----------|
D|2---------------------------------------2---2-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: D – Em – F#m – G – A – Bm – C#dim

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|------------------------2-------3---2---------------------------|
G|----------------4-------6-----------6-------4-------------------|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
G|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|----------------2-------4-----------4-------2-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|------------------------8-------10--8---------------------------|
G|2-------6-----------------------------------------------6-------|--------7-------11--------------------------11----------7-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|9---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 x`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 4`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x x 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 x`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 4 2 2 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 0 4`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x 0 3 4`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 0 4`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 0 0 3 4`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 2 0 2 2`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 2 2 2 2`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 2 0 2 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 2 2 2 x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 0`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 x`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x x 2 0 0`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 4`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`0 2 0 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`0 2 0 0 x`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 2 0 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 2 0 0 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 4 2 2 2`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 2 2 4`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 3 4`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 4 3 4`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 0 3 4`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 0 0 0 4`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`0 2 2 2 2`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`0 2 2 2 x`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`0 4 0 2 2`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`0 4 2 2 2`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 0 4`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 2 3 4`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 2 0 4`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 4 2 0 0`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 2 0 2`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 2 0 x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 4 2 2`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 4 2 x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 0 2 2 4`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 4 2 2 0`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 0 2 2 4`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 0 4 2 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 2 0 0 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 0 0 0 2`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 0 0 0 2`

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