Royal Road Progression in D#/Eb Major for Banjo

The D#/Eb Major scale on banjo (D sharp / E flat major): the Royal Road progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Eb F G Ab Bb C D

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--6---8-----|
B|--1---3---5-|
G|--1---3---5-|
D|--3---4---6-|
G|--5---6---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Ab – Bb – Gm – Cm

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Abmaj7 – Bb7 – Gm7 – Cm7

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

D|3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3---|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|
B|3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3---|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---------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Abmaj9 – Bb9 – Gm7b9 – Cm9

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

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

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