50s Doo-Wop Progression in D#/Eb Major for Guitar

The D#/Eb Major scale on guitar (D sharp / E flat major): the 50s Doo-Wop progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Eb F G Ab Bb C D

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 10`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 11 12 10 x x`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`

50s Doo-Wop (I–vi–IV–V)

Chords: Eb – Cm – Ab – Bb

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`

50s Doo-Wop (I–vi–IV–V)

Chords: Ebmaj7 – Cm7 – Abmaj7 – Bb7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`

50s Doo-Wop (I–vi–IV–V)

Chords: Ebmaj9 – Cm9 – Abmaj9 – Bb9

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

e|--------------------------------4-------------------------------|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|
B|------------------------4---8-------------------------------4---|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
G|3-------------------5---------------3-------------------5-------|1-----------1---3---------------1-----------1---3---------------|
D|5-----------5---6-------------------5-----------5---6-----------|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|
A|3---3---6---------------------------3---3---6-------------------|1-------------------------------1-------------------------------|
E|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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