Minor ii–V–i Progression in A Minor for Guitar

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

Notes: A B C D E F G

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--5---7---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--5---7-----|
D|--4---5---7-|
A|--5---6---8-|
E|--5---7---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
I	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
I	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
I	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 3 4 3 x`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x 9 7 6 7`
II	Bdim	B D F	`7 8 9 7 x x`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
V	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
V	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
V	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
VI	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VI	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
VII	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
VII	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
VII	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
VII	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bdim – Em – Am – Am

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
G|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
I	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
I	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 0 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
VII	G7	G B D F	`3 2 0 0 0 1`
VII	G7	G B D F	`3 2 3 0 0 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`x x 5 4 6 3`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bm7b5 – Em7 – Am7 – Am7

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

e|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
B|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
G|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 3 2 x x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 4 3 1`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 7`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 10`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Bm7b5b9 – Em7b9 – Am9 – Am9

e|8-------------------10--8-------------------10--8---------------|1-------------------3---1-------------------3---1---------------|
B|10----------10--12------10----------10--12------10----------10--|3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---5-------3-----------3---|
G|7---7---10--------------7---7---10--------------7---7---10------|0---0---4---------------0---0---4---------------0---0---4-------|
D|9-----------------------9-----------------------9---------------|2-----------------------2-----------------------2---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
B|5-----------------------5-----------5-----------------------5---|5-----------------------5-----------5-----------------------5---|
G|2---------------2---5---------------2---------------2---5-------|2---------------2---5---------------2---------------2---5-------|
D|5-------2---5-----------------------5-------2---5---------------|5-------2---5-----------------------5-------2---5---------------|
A|2---3-------------------------------2---3-----------------------|2---3-------------------------------2---3-----------------------|
E|5-----------------------------------5---------------------------|5-----------------------------------5---------------------------|

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