Minor ii–V–i Progression in G Minor for Banjo

The G Minor scale on banjo: the Minor ii–V–i progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: G A Bb C D Eb 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---8-----|
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	Adim	A C Eb	`x x x 1 1`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 1`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
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	Cm	C Eb G	`10 10 8 8 10`
V	Dm	D F A	`12 12 10 10 12`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8`
VII	F	F A C	`10 10 10 10 10`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Adim – Dm – Gm – Gm

D|1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---1-------5---8---|12------------------15--12------------------15--12--------------|
B|1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------1---4-----------|10----------13--15------10----------13--15------10----------13--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--10--14--------------10--10--14--------------10--10--14------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|

D|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|--------------------3---7-----------------------3---7-----------|
B|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|------------1---3-----------------------1---3-------------------|
G|--------2---------------------------2---------------------------|--------2---------------------------2---------------------------|
D|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
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	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 1`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1 x`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 1`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 1 0 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	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 3 1 1`
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	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 0`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 0 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 1`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 1`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 2 1 1`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Am7b5 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Gm7

D|1-------------------5---1-------------------5---1---------------|0-------------------3---7---0-------------------3---7---0-------|
B|1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---4-------1-----------3---|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|
G|0---0---3---------------0---0---3---------------0---0---3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
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---|3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3-----------3---5---3---|
B|3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3---|3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3---|
G|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|0---3---------------0---3---------------0---3---------------0---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 1`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 1 x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 3 x x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 1 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	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 0 1 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 0 0 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 1 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 1 3 3 0`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 0 2 1 1`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 0`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 2 1 1`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 1 2 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 1 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 0 3 3`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 1 0 1 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x x 0 1 1`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 2 1 1`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 2 1 x`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Am7b5b9 – Dm7b9 – Gm9 – Gm9

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

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

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