Bluegrass I–IV–V Progression in G#/Ab Major for Guitar

The G#/Ab Major scale on guitar (G sharp / A flat major): the Bluegrass I–IV–V progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--4---6-----|
B|--3---4---6-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5---6-|
A|--4---6-----|
E|--3---4---6-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 5 3 2 3`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 4 5 3 x x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 10 11 12 11 x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: Ab – Ab – Db – Ab – Ab – Ab – Eb – Ab

e|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
B|2---------------2---6-------2---------------2---6-------2-------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
B|4-----------2---4-----------4-----------2---4-----------4-------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 6`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 3`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 8 6`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 6 6 6`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 11 10 11 x`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 8 10 8 x`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Dbmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb7 – Abmaj7

e|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|3---------------------------3---4---3---------------------------|
B|2-----------2---4-----------2-----------2---4-----------2-------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|1-------1---5-----------------------1-------1---5---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 12 11 9`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 3`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 6`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: Abmaj9 – Abmaj9 – Dbmaj9 – Abmaj9 – Abmaj9 – Abmaj9 – Eb9 – Abmaj9

e|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|------------------------4---------------------------4-----------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|1---3-----------------------1---3-----------------------1---3---|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

e|3-----------------------6---3-----------------------6---3-------|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|
B|6---------------4---8-------6---------------4---8-------6-------|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|
G|6-------3---6---------------6-------3---6---------------6-------|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|
D|5---5-----------------------5---5-----------------------5---5---|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|
A|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

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