Doom Progression in A#/Bb Minor for Guitar

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

Notes: Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--6---8---9-|
B|--6---8---9-|
G|--6---8-----|
D|--5---6---8-|
A|--6---7---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	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 10 8 7 8`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`8 9 10 8 x x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
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	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 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	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
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`

Doom (i–iv–♭VI–v)

Chords: Bbm – Ebm – Gb – Fm

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

e|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|
B|2---------------------------6---7---2---------------------------|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|
G|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
D|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|3-----------1---3-------------------3-----------1---3-----------|
A|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
E|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

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	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 1 x`
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	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 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	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 1 1 1 2`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 4 1 1 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 5 7 4`

Doom (i–iv–♭VI–v)

Chords: Bbm7 – Ebm7 – Gbmaj7 – Fm7

e|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|6---------------------------9---11--6---------------------------|
B|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|7-------------------7---11----------7-------------------7---11--|
G|1-----------1---3-------------------1-----------1---3-----------|6-----------6---8-------------------6-----------6---8-----------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|8-------8---------------------------8-------8-------------------|
A|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|6---9-------------------------------6---9-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x x 3 2 2`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 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	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 5 4 2`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 8`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 11`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`

Doom (i–iv–♭VI–v)

Chords: Bbm9 – Ebm9 – Gbmaj9 – Fm7b9

e|----------------------------4---6-------------------------------|----------------------------9---11------------------------------|
B|6-----------------------6-----------6-----------------------6---|11----------------------11----------11----------------------11--|
G|3---------------3---6---------------3---------------3---6-------|8---------------8---11--------------8---------------8---11------|
D|6-------3---6-----------------------6-------3---6---------------|11------8---11----------------------11------8---11--------------|
A|3---4-------------------------------3---4-----------------------|8---9-------------------------------8---9-----------------------|
E|6-----------------------------------6---------------------------|11----------------------------------11--------------------------|

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

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