A#/Bb Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Double Drop D Tuning)

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

Notes: Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab

Tuning: Double Drop D Guitar (D A D G B D)

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

d|-11--13-----|
B|--8---9--11-|
G|--8--10--11-|
D|--8--10--11-|
A|--9--11-----|
D|-10--11--13-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|--3---4---6-|
B|--1---3---4-|
G|--1---3---4-|
D|--1---3-----|
A|--1---2---4-|
D|--3---4---6-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|--4---6-----|
B|--1---3---4-|
G|--1---3---4-|
D|--1---3-----|
A|--1---2---4-|
D|--3---4---6-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--8--10--11-|
B|--6---8---9-|
G|--6---8-----|
D|--5---6---8-|
A|--6---7---9-|
D|--8--10--11-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|-10--11--13-|
B|--8---9--11-|
G|--8--10--11-|
D|--8--10--11-|
A|--9--11-----|
D|-10--11--13-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--8--10--11-|
B|--6---8---9-|
G|--6---8--10-|
D|--6---8--10-|
A|--7---9--11-|
D|-10--11--13-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`8 8 8 6 6 8`
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x 8 6 6 x`
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 13 11 10 11 x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 10 8 7 10`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 9 10 8 x x`
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 x x 6 6 6`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 3`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`13 13 13 11 11 13`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 13 11 11 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`3 3 3 1 1 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 10 10 9 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 6 5 6 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`4 4 4 3 2 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x 9 8 6 7 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x 9 8 6 x x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`6 6 6 5 4 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 11 10 8 9 x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 3`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`8 8 6 6 6 8`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`8 8 6 6 6 x`
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 3`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
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 4`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 x x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`3 3 1 1 1 3`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`3 3 1 1 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 9 8 6 6 8`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 9 11 10 11 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 3 2 x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`6 6 6 8 7 x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 11 13 11 13 x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 11 10 11 9 x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 x x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 9 8 6 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	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 3 2 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x x 8 6 6 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 8 8 6 x x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 9 11 10 11 x`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 9 10 8 x x`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 11 13 11 13 x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 9 6 6 6 x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 9 8 10 9 x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 x x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 8 8 7 x`

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x 8 6 6 x`
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x 3 3 2 x`
I	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 8 8 6 x x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
II	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 9 10 8 x x`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`x x x 6 6 6`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`x x 11 10 9 x`
III	Db	Db F Ab	`x x 3 1 2 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 13 11 11 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 8 8 7 x`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 13 13 11 x x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x 9 8 6 x x`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x x 11 11 11`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 11 10 8 x x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 8 6 9 x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 13 11 13 x x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
I	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x x 3 1 2 x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 x x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 10 8 11 x`
II	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 8 8 7 x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
III	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 x x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 13 11 14 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
IV	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 8 6 8 x x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 3 2 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 8 6 6 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 8 8 6 x x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x 9 10 8 x x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
I	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 x x`
II	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 9 8 6 x x`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 x x`
III	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x x 3 3 2 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x x 8 6 6 x`
IV	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 8 8 6 x x`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
V	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 9 10 8 x x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 3 1 2 x`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x x 6 6 6`
VI	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 6 6 6 x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 x x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 8 8 7 x`
VII	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x x 10 8 11 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---|7---------------7---------------7---------------7---------------|
G|1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|8-----------8---8-----------8---8-----------8---8-----------8---|
D|3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------|8---4---8-------8---4---8-------8---4---8-------8---4---8-------|
A|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|------------4---------------4---------------4---------------4---|
B|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|
G|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------|
D|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|
A|3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|1-----------6---1-----------6---1-----------6---1-----------6---|
B|1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------|
G|1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Three Note Runs

Chords: Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|2---------------------------------------------------------------|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|1-------------------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---|8-------------------------------------------5-------5---6---5---|
D|3---1---3---1---3---4---3---4-------4---------------------------|8-------4-------4---6---4---6---8---6---8-------8---------------|
A|4---------------------------------------------------------------|6---8-------8---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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