Aeolian Rock Progression in B Minor for Guitar

The B Minor scale on guitar: the Aeolian Rock progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: B C# D E F# G A

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--7---9--10-|
B|--7---9--10-|
G|--7---9-----|
D|--6---7---9-|
A|--7---8--10-|
E|--7---9--10-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 2`
I	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 x`
I	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
I	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7 7 7`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`x 4 5 6 5 x`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 9`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`9 10 11 9 x x`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
III	D	D F# A	`x x 0 2 3 2`
III	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 2`
III	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 x`
III	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 2 2 2`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 2`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 5`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
VI	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
VI	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
VI	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
VI	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
VII	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
VII	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
VII	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
VII	A	A C# E	`5 4 2 2 2 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm – G – A – Bm

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 x`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 2`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 5 x`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 2 x`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 x x`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 2 x`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 2`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 7 6 7 5`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 5`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 2`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 0 2 2 2 2`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 x`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 4 2 5 x`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 0 0 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 3 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 5 5 4 3 2`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 x`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`5 4 2 2 2 3`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm7 – Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 4 7 x`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 7 7 x`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 9 7 7 7 9`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 11 9 12 10`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 0`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 0 2 2 0`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 2 2 2 x`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 4 6 5 x`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`10 9 11 9 x x`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 0 0 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 9 12 x`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 12 12 x`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 2 5 3`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 6 5 3`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 2 4 2 x x`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 5 4 2 x x`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 2 3 2`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 7 7 5`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 9`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 12`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm9 – Gmaj9 – A9 – Bm9

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

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

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