One-Chord Vamp Progression in G Dorian for Banjo

The G Dorian scale on banjo: the One-Chord Vamp 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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm – Gm

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	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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Gm7

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	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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm9 – Gm9

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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