Celtic Dorian Progression in G#/Ab Dorian for Guitar

The G#/Ab Dorian scale on guitar (G sharp / A flat dorian): the Celtic Dorian progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Ab Bb B Db Eb F Gb

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--4---6---7-|
B|--4---6-----|
G|--3---4---6-|
D|--3---4---6-|
A|--4---6---7-|
E|--4---6---7-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4 4 4`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 4`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 7`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 x`
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	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 2`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 x`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4 2`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`7 6 4 4 4 7`
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	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 3 1 0 1`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 2 3 1 x x`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 8 9 10 9 x`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Abm – Gb – Abm – Db

e|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|4---------------------------7---9---4---------------------------|2---------------------------6---7---2---------------------------|
G|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|6-----------4---6-------------------6-----------4---6-----------|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
E|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

e|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|
B|4---------------------------7---9---4---------------------------|2---------------2---6-------2---------------2---6-------2-------|
G|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|1-------1---4---------------1-------1---4---------------1-------|
D|6-----------4---6-------------------6-----------4---6-----------|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|
A|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|
E|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 4`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 x`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 6 4 7 x`
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	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 x`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x x 4 4 6`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`7 6 4 4 4 6`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 1`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 4`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 4 4 4`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 9 8 9 x`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Abm7 – Gbmaj7 – Abm7 – Db7

e|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|1-------------------------------2---1---------------------------|
B|4---------------------------7---9---4---------------------------|2-----------------------2---6-------2-----------------------2---|
G|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|3-------------------3---------------3-------------------3-------|
D|4-----------4---6-------------------4-----------4---6-----------|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|4---1---4---------------------------4---1---4-------------------|
E|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

e|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|4-----------------------4---7---4-----------------------4---7---|
B|4---------------------------7---9---4---------------------------|2-------------------6-----------2-------------------6-----------|
G|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|4-----------4---6---------------4-----------4---6---------------|
D|4-----------4---6-------------------4-----------4---6-----------|3---3---6-----------------------3---3---6-----------------------|
A|6-------6---------------------------6-------6-------------------|4-------------------------------4-------------------------------|
E|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 4 4 x`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 6 4 4 4 6`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 6 9 7`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 10 9 7`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 2 1 3 2 x`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 6 8 6 x x`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 9 8 6 x x`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 9 6 7 6`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 1`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 4`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`9 6 9 6 9 x`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 1 0 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 0 2`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 4 4 4 4`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Abm9 – Gbmaj9 – Abm9 – Db9

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

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

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