D Nahawand (Maqam) Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: D E F G A Bb C#

Notes coming down: D C Bb A G F E

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

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--9--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--13-----|
E|-13--15-----|

Coming down

e|--8--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-10--12--14-|
A|-12--13-----|
E|-13--15-----|

CAGED - A Shape

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

Coming down

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

CAGED - G Shape

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

Coming down

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

CAGED - E Shape

e|--9--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-10--12--13-|
E|-10--12--13-|

Coming down

e|--8--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-10--12--14-|
A|-10--12--13-|
E|-10--12--13-|

CAGED - D Shape

e|--9--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--13-----|
E|-12--13--15-|

Coming down

e|--8--10--12-|
B|-10--11-----|
G|-10--12-----|
D|-10--12--14-|
A|-12--13-----|
E|-12--13--15-|

3NPS - First Position

e|-12--13--15-|
B|-11--14--15-|
G|-10--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-10--12--13-|
E|-10--12--13-|

Coming down

e|-12--13--15-|
B|-11--13--15-|
G|-10--12--14-|
D|-10--12--14-|
A|-10--12--13-|
E|-10--12--13-|

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	Edim	E G Bb	`0 1 2 0 x x`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x 7 8 9 8 x`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 14 12 11 12`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x x 3 2 2 x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x x 3 6 6 5`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x 8 7 6 6 x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x 8 7 6 x x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`5 4 2 2 2 5`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 4 5 6 5 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 9`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`9 10 11 9 x x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x x 0 2 2 1`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x x 0 2 2 x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 5 0 2 2 5`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 5 0 2 2 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 8 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 5 x`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`5 4 2 2 2 3`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x 4 5 3 x x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x x 11 12 11 x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x 1 2 3 2 x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`0 1 2 0 x x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x x 0 2 2 0`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x 5 2 2 2 x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`10 12 11 9 x x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x x 12 9 10 9`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 3`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 0 x x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 8 7 9 8 x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x x 7 9 8 6`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x x 2 3 2 x`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 4 5 3 x x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x x 3 2 1`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x 8 6 6 x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x 3 3 2 x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x x 6 6 6`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 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	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 8 9 8 x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x x 3 2 2 x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x 8 7 6 x x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x x x 10 10 9`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x x x 2 2 1`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x x 12 11 10`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x x x 3 3 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
V	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
V	A	A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 x`
V	A	A C# E	`5 4 2 x x x`
V	A	A C# E	`x 12 11 9 x x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 x x x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 10 x x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x x 0 2 2 x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 5 3 6 x x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 5 7 6 x x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 8 0 6 x x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 x x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 x x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x x 3 3 3`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x 4 2 2 x x`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 10 8 10 x x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`1 1 0 x x x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`5 5 3 x x x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 7 6 5`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x 7 7 6 x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x 4 5 3 x x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x x 11 12 11 x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x x 2 3 2 x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x x 2 2 2 x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x 4 2 2 x x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x x 7 6 5 x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 x x x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 5 3 3 x x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 10 11 9 x x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 10 11 10 x x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`5 5 3 x x x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x x x 7 6 5`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x x 7 7 6 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x x x 10 10 10`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x x 2 3 2 x`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 4 5 3 x x`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 7 8 6 x x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x x 3 2 1`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x 8 6 6 x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x 3 3 2 x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x x x 6 6 6`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Edim – Faug – Gm – A – Bb – C#dim

e|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------0---3-----------|

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Dm – Edim – Faug – Gm – A – Bb – C#dim

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

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

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

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

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