Neo-Soul Descent Progression in D#/Eb Major for Guitar

The D#/Eb Major scale on guitar (D sharp / E flat major): the Neo-Soul Descent 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`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Ab – Gm – Fm – Eb

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

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

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Abmaj7 – Gm7 – Fm7 – Ebmaj7

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

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

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Abmaj9 – Gm7b9 – Fm9 – Ebmaj9

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

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

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