Neo-Soul Descent Progression in A#/Bb Major for Guitar

The A#/Bb Major scale on guitar (A sharp / B flat major): the Neo-Soul Descent progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Bb C D Eb F G A

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 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	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
III	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
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	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
V	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
VII	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 2 1 x`
VII	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 7 5 4 5`
VII	Adim	A C Eb	`5 6 7 5 x x`
VII	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Eb – Dm – Cm – Bb

e|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|1-------------------1---5---1-------------------1---5---1-------|
B|4-----------3---4-----------4-----------3---4-----------4-------|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|2-------2-------------------2-------2-------------------2-------|
D|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|0---3-----------------------0---3-----------------------0---3---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
I	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
I	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
I	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
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	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
III	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
V	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
V	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 2 4 1`
V	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 5 4 5`
V	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 4 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
VII	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`
VII	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 x x`
VII	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 8 8 8`
VII	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 5 8 x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Ebmaj7 – Dm7 – Cm7 – Bbmaj7

e|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|5---------------------------8---10--5---------------------------|
B|3-----------3---4-----------3-----------3---4-----------3-------|6-------------------6---10----------6-------------------6---10--|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|5-----------5---7-------------------5-----------5---7-----------|
D|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|7-------7---------------------------7-------7-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|2-----------2---3-------------------2-----------2---3-----------|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
I	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
I	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
I	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
III	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
III	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 14 13 11`
III	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
III	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
V	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 5`
V	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 8`
V	F9	F A C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
V	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`
VI	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
VI	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
VI	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
VI	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
VII	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
VII	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
VII	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
VII	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 x x x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Ebmaj9 – Dm7b9 – Cm9 – Bbmaj9

e|1-------------------3---6---1-------------------3---6---1-------|11------------------13--11------------------13--11--------------|
B|3-----------3---4-----------3-----------3---4-----------3-------|13----------13--15------13----------13--15------13----------13--|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|10--10--14--------------10--10--14--------------10--10--14------|
D|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------|------------------------1---5---------------------------1---5---|
B|8-----------------------8-----------8-----------------------8---|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
G|5---------------5---8---------------5---------------5---8-------|2-----------2---3---------------2-----------2---3---------------|
D|8-------5---8-----------------------8-------5---8---------------|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|
A|5---6-------------------------------5---6-----------------------|1-------------------------------1-------------------------------|
E|8-----------------------------------8---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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