Mountain Minor Progression in A#/Bb Dorian for Guitar

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

Notes: Bb C Db Eb F G Ab

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--6---8---9-|
B|--6---8-----|
G|--5---6---8-|
D|--5---6---8-|
A|--6---8---9-|
E|--6---8---9-|

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Mountain Minor (i–♭VII–i–i)

Chords: Bbm – Ab – Bbm – Bbm

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Mountain Minor (i–♭VII–i–i)

Chords: Bbm7 – Abmaj7 – Bbm7 – Bbm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Mountain Minor (i–♭VII–i–i)

Chords: Bbm9 – Abmaj9 – Bbm9 – Bbm9

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

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

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