Andalusian Cadence Progression in F Minor for Banjo

The F Minor scale on banjo: the Andalusian Cadence progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: F G Ab Bb C Db Eb

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

D|--6---8--10-|
B|--3---5---6-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--4---6---8-|
G|--6---8--10-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 3 2 x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 5`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 5 3 2 x`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 6 6 8`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 6 6 6`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm – Eb – Db – Cm

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 1`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 1`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 0 2 3`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 3`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 3 2 3`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 3 0 2 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 3`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 1 2 3`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 3 1 2 3`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 5 2 3`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 1`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 0 2 x`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 1`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm7 – Eb7 – Dbmaj7 – Cm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 1`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 1 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 1 x x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 3`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 2 x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 3 1 x x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 2 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 3`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 1 1 3`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 0 2 x`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 0 2 1`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 1`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 2 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 2 1`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 1 1 2 x`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 0 2 3`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 3 2 3`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 0 2 3`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x x 0 2 3`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm9 – Eb9 – Dbmaj9 – Cm7b9

D|1-----------3---5---1-----------3---5---1-----------3---5---1---|3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3---|
B|1-------2-----------1-------2-----------1-------2-----------1---|2-------2-----------2-------2-----------2-------2-----------2---|
G|1---3---------------1---3---------------1---3---------------1---|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|
D|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|
G|0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0---|0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0---|

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

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