Aeolian Rock Progression in E Minor for Guitar

The E Minor scale on guitar: the Aeolian Rock progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: E F# G A B C D

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 4 2 1 2`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`2 3 4 2 x x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x 9 10 11 10 x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x 3 4 2 x x`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
IV	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 x`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7 7 7`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
VII	D	D F# A	`x x 0 2 3 2`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 2`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 x`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Em – C – D – Em

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 5 5 5`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 2 1 0`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 2 5 x`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 9 10 9 10 x`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 0 0 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 3 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 5 5 4 3 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 x`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x x 0 2 1 2`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 4 5 3 5`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 4 5 3 2`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 7 5 7 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Em7 – Cmaj7 – D7 – Em7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 0 0 2`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 9 12 x`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 12 12 x`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x x 4 2 5 3`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 2 4 2 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 5 4 2 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 2 3 2`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 7 7 5`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 9 11 10 8`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 0 2 1 2`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 3 4 2 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 5 4 5 5 2`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 5 4 5 5 5`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Em9 – Cmaj9 – D9 – Em9

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

e|2-----------------------5---2-----------------------5---2-------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|5---------------3---7-------5---------------3---7-------5-------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|5-------2---5---------------5-------2---5---------------5-------|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|4---4-----------------------4---4-----------------------4---4---|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|5---------------------------5---------------------------5-------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

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