A#/Bb Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (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: Drop D Guitar (D A D G B E)

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

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

CAGED - A Shape

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

CAGED - G Shape

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

CAGED - E Shape

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

CAGED - D Shape

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

3NPS - First Position

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

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	`x x 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	`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 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	`1 1 1 3 4 2`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 4 3 4 2`
IV	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
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	`3 3 3 1 1 1`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
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	`4 4 4 3 2 2`
VI	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`4 4 4 3 2 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`6 6 6 5 4 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`6 6 6 5 4 x`

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	`8 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	`3 3 1 1 1 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`3 3 1 1 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 1`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 9 8 6 6 6`
VI	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 9 11 10 11 9`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 5 7 4`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 8 7 8`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`6 6 6 8 7 8`
VII	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`6 6 6 8 7 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Triads

Chords

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

Progressions

Arpeggios

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

E|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

E|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|
B|4-----------9---4-----------9---4-----------9---4-----------9---|
G|5---5---8-------5---5---8-------5---5---8-------5---5---8-------|
D|6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Three Note Runs

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

E|1---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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