Celtic Dorian Progression in G Dorian for Banjo

The G Dorian scale on banjo: the Celtic Dorian progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: G A Bb C D E F

Tuning: Standard (G D G B D)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 x x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 0 3 x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 3 3 0`
II	Am	A C E	`7 7 5 5 7`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 0`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3`
IV	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
IV	C	C E G	`0 2 0 1 5`
IV	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 2`
IV	C	C E G	`0 2 5 5 5`
V	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`x 2 3 x x`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 5 2`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 3 5 5`
VII	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm – F – Gm – C

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|10------------------14--17--10------------------14--17--10------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|10----------11--13----------10----------11--13----------10------|
G|--------2---------------------------2---------------------------|10------12------------------10------12------------------10------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|10--14----------------------10--14----------------------10--14--|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|10--------------------------10--------------------------10------|

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|--------2---------------------------2---------------------------|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 0 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 0 0 3 3`
II	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 2`
II	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
II	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 0 1 x`
II	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 0 2 3 3`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 0`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 3`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 3 2 3 x`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 2`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 0`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 0`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 3 2`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 2`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 2`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 1 2`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – C7

D|3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3---|2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2-----------5---7---2---|
B|3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3---|1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---1---5-----------1---|
G|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 x x`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 2 3 3`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 0`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 2 3 3`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 2`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 1 x`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 2 3 x x`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 2 3 1 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 2 1 0`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 3 1 0`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 2 1 3`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1 0`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 3 3 0`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 2 1 2`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 0`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 2 1 2`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 2 1 x`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 0 3 3`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 3 3 3`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 0 3 3`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 2`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 1 x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 2 x x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 1 x`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm9 – Fmaj9 – Gm9 – C9

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|2-------------------5---2-------------------5---2---------------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---5-------1-----------3---|
G|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|2---0---3---------------2---0---3---------------2---0---3-------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|0-----------------------0-----------------------0---------------|

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0-----------3---5---0---|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1-------3-----------1---|
G|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------0---------------------------0-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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