A Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open D Tuning)

The A Minor scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A B C D E F G

Tuning: Open D Guitar (D A D Gb A D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--8--10-----|
B|--7---8--10-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|
A|--8--10-----|
E|--7---8--10-|

CAGED - A Shape

d |--2---3---5-|
A |--0---2---3-|
Gb|--0---2---3-|
D |--1---3-----|
A |--2---3---5-|
D |--2---3---5-|

CAGED - G Shape

d |--3---5-----|
A |--0---2---3-|
Gb|--0---2---3-|
D |--1---3-----|
A |--2---3---5-|
D |--2---3---5-|

CAGED - E Shape

d |--7---9--10-|
A |--5---7---8-|
Gb|--5---7-----|
D |--5---6---8-|
A |--7---8--10-|
D |--7---9--10-|

CAGED - D Shape

d |--9--10--12-|
A |--7---8--10-|
Gb|--7---9--10-|
D |--8--10--11-|
A |-10--12-----|
D |--9--10--12-|

3NPS - First Position

d |--7---9--10-|
A |--5---7---8-|
Gb|--5---7---9-|
D |--6---8--10-|
A |--8--10--12-|
D |--9--10--12-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 3 0 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 10`
I	Am	A C E	`x 12 10 10 12 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 3 x x x`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x x x 2 3`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 0 5 2 3`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 0 5 5 3`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 5 6 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 10 10 10`
III	C	C E G	`10 10 10 13 x x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 8 5 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 5`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 7 9 10 7 x`
V	Em	E G B	`x 10 9 10 10 x`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
VI	F	F A C	`3 3 3 6 x x`
VI	F	F A C	`x 8 10 11 8 x`
VII	G	G B D	`5 5 5 5 5 5`
VII	G	G B D	`x 10 9 8 10 x`
VII	G	G B D	`5 5 5 8 x x`
VII	G	G B D	`x 10 12 13 10 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am – Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G

d |----------------------------5---7---3---------------------------|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|
A |--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|--------------------5---8---------------8---5-------------------|
Gb|3-----------1---3-------------------------------3---------------|5-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D |2-------2-------------------------------------------3---2-------|0-------3-------------------------------------------5---3-------|
A |0---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D |10--------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------5---------------------------------------|------------------------7---10--9-------------------------------|
A |3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|5-------------------8---------------10--7-----------------------|
Gb|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---5---------------|
D |2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|5-------------------------------------------------------7---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------9---12--10------------------------------|------------------------------------9---------------------------|
A |7-------------------10--------------12--8-----------------------|----------------------------8---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|5-----------8---10--------------------------8---6---------------|1-------------------5---8-----------------------8---5-----------|
D |5---5---9-------------------------------------------7-----------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |7-------------------------------------------------------8---7---|2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5---9-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------10--------------------------|
A |----------------------------10--12------12--8-------------------|
Gb|3-------------------6---10----------------------10--6-----------|
D |2-----------5---7---------------------------------------7-------|
A |3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|
D |7---10----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am – Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D |----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
A |0-------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|------------------------5-------6---5---------------------------|
D |--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |7---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
A |----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|
D |7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 3 2 1 3 x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 3`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 5 3 3 5 x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 8 7 8 8 x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 8 7 8 x x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 5`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 7 5 5 7 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 10 9 10 10 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 10 9 10 x x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 8 7 6 8 x`
V	Em7	E G B D	`x 10 9 8 10 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 2 3 3 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 3 2 3 x x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 3 3 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 3 3 x`
VII	G7	G B D F	`x x x 1 2 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`5 2 0 5 2 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`5 2 0 5 5 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`5 2 3 5 2 0`

Arpeggios

Chords: Am7 – Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7

d |------------------------5---------------------------------------|------------------------7---10--9-------------------------------|
A |3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|5-------------------8---------------10--7-----------------------|
Gb|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|3-----------6---8---------------------------6---5---------------|
D |2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|3---3---7-------------------------------------------5-----------|
A |3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|5-------------------------------------------------------7---5---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------9---12--10------------------------------|------------------------10--------------------------------------|
A |7-------------------10--------------12--8-----------------------|8---------------8---12------12--8-------------------8-----------|
Gb|5-----------8---10--------------------------8---6---------------|6-------6---10----------------------8---6-----------6-------6---|
D |5---5---9-------------------------------------------7-----------|7---7---------------------------------------7-------7---7-------|
A |7-------------------------------------------------------8---7---|8-----------------------------------------------8---8-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------12--15--14------------------------------|------------------------5---9---7-------------------------------|
A |10------------------14--------------15--12----------------------|3-------------------7---------------8---5-----------------------|
Gb|8-----------11--13--------------------------11--10--------------|1-----------5---6---------------------------5---3---------------|
D |9---9---12------------------------------------------10----------|2---2---5-------------------------------------------3-----------|
A |10------------------------------------------------------12--10--|3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |0-----------3---5-------------------0-----------3---5-----------|
A |2-------5-----------7---5-----------2-------5-----------7---5---|
Gb|1---5-----------------------5---1---1---5-----------------------|
D |17----------------------------------17--------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Am7 – Bm7b5 – Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|------------------------5-------6---5---------------------------|
D |--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|--------3-------7---------------------------7-----------3-------|
A |3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------6-------8---6---------------------------|----------------6-------8-------10--8-------6-------------------|
D |--------5-------9---------------------------9-----------5-------|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|
A |7---------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------10------11--10--------------------------|------------------------3-------5---3---------------------------|
D |--------9-------12--------------------------12----------9-------|--------2-------5---------------------------5-----------2-------|
A |10--------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
Gb|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 2 0 3 3 0`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 2 0 3 3 3`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 2 3 3 3 0`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 2 0 3 3 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 1 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 1 2 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 0 3 3 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 2`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`0 0 2 3 3 3`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 2 0 1 2 3`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 2 3 1 2 0`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 2 0 5 2 3`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`2 2 0 5 5 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`5 0 0 3 0 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`5 0 0 3 2 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`5 0 0 3 5 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`5 0 0 5 0 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Dm9 – Em7b9 – G9

d |------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|------------------------5---------------------------------------|
A |--------------------5---------------7---3-----------------------|3---------------3---7-------7---3-------------------3-----------|
Gb|5-----------3---5---------------------------3---1---------------|1-------1---5-----------------------3---1-----------1-------1---|
D |0---0---3-------------------------------------------2-----------|2---2---------------------------------------2-------2---2-------|
A |2-------------------------------------------------------3---2---|3-----------------------------------------------3---3-----------|
D |15--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
A |----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|
Gb|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|--------------------1---5-----------------------5---1-----------|
D |2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
A |2-------2---------------------------------------------------3---|2-------2---------------------------------------------------3---|
D |2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d |------------------------------------9---------------------------|
A |----------------------------8---10------10--7-------------------|
Gb|1-------------------5---8-----------------------8---5-----------|
D |0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
A |2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D |5---9-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Cmaj9 – Dm9 – Em7b9 – G9

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------1-------3---1---------------------------|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|
D |--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|
A |2---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A |----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|----------------2-------3-----------3-------2-------------------|
D |2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A |----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D |5-------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|

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