D Bhimpalasi (Raga) Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions

The D Bhimpalasi (Raga) scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: D F G A C

Notes coming down: D C B A G F E

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

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

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

Coming down

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

CAGED - A Shape

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

Coming down

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

CAGED - G Shape

e|--8--10-|
B|--8--10-|
G|--7--10-|
D|--7--10-|
A|--8--10-|
E|--8--10-|

Coming down

e|--7---8--10-|
B|--8--10-----|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9--10-|
A|--7---8--10-|
E|--8--10-----|

CAGED - E Shape

e|-10--13-|
B|-10--13-|
G|-10--12-|
D|-10--12-|
A|-10--12-|
E|-10--13-|

Coming down

e|-10--12--13-|
B|-10--12--13-|
G|--9--10--12-|
D|--9--10--12-|
A|-10--12-----|
E|-10--12--13-|

CAGED - D Shape

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - First Position

e|-22---------|
B|-20--22-----|
G|-17--19--22-|
D|-15--17--19-|
A|-12--15--17-|
E|-10--13--15-|

Coming down

e|-19--22-------------|
B|-20--22-------------|
G|-16--17--19--21--22-|
D|-14--15--17--19-----|
A|-12--14--15--17-----|
E|-10--12--13--15-----|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
III	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
III	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
III	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
III	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
IV	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
IV	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
IV	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
V	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
V	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
V	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
V	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 3 4 3 x`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`x x 9 7 6 7`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`7 8 9 7 x x`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
VII	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
VII	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
VII	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
VII	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
IV	G7	G B D F	`3 2 0 0 0 1`
IV	G7	G B D F	`3 2 3 0 0 3`
IV	G7	G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
IV	G7	G B D F	`x x 5 4 6 3`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
V	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 0 x`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 2 4 3 1`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`3 5 3 4 3 3`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 7`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 10 9 10 10 10`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 3 2 3 x`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 3 2 x x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`x x x 7 6 5`
I	Dm	D F A	`x x 12 10 10 x`
I	Dm	D F A	`5 5 3 x x x`
I	Dm	D F A	`x x 7 7 6 x`
II	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
II	Em	E G B	`x x x 9 8 7`
II	Em	E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
II	Em	E G B	`x 2 2 0 x x`
III	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
III	F	F A C	`x 8 7 5 x x`
III	F	F A C	`x x x 10 10 8`
III	F	F A C	`13 12 10 x x x`
IV	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 x`
IV	G	G B D	`3 2 0 x x x`
IV	G	G B D	`x 10 9 7 x x`
IV	G	G B D	`x x x 12 12 10`
V	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
V	Am	A C E	`x x 7 5 5 x`
V	Am	A C E	`x x 2 2 1 x`
V	Am	A C E	`x x x 5 5 5`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
VI	Bdim	B D F	`x 8 9 7 x x`
VII	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
VII	C	C E G	`x x x 5 5 3`
VII	C	C E G	`x x 10 9 8 x`
VII	C	C E G	`8 7 5 x x x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 12 10 13 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 7 5 7 x x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 0 x x`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x x 10 10 12`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 2 2 1 x`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x x 5 5 5`
IV	G7	G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
IV	G7	G B D F	`x 8 9 7 x x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x x 7 5 8 x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 12 10 12 x x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 3 2 x x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x x 9 7 10 x`
VI	Bm7b5	B D F A	`5 5 3 x x x`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x x x 5 5 7`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
VII	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 2 2 0 x x`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 2 2 1 x`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x x 5 5 5`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x x 7 5 5 x`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x x 3 4 3 x`
II	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 8 9 7 x x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`3 3 2 x x x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x x 5 5 3`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 3 2 x x`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`5 5 3 x x x`
IV	G9	G B D F A	`x x x 7 6 5`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`x 2 2 0 x x`
V	Am9	A C E G B	`7 7 5 x x x`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x x x 2 1 1`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 3 3 2 x x`
VI	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 0 x x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 5 4 3 x`
VII	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x x 2 0 3 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim – C

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Dm – Em – F – G – Am – Bdim – C

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

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

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

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

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