One-Chord Vamp Progression in E Dorian for Guitar

The E Dorian scale on guitar: the One-Chord Vamp 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-----|
G|-11--12--14-|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--14--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#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 2 2 2`
II	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 2`
II	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 5`
II	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 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	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
IV	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
IV	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
IV	A	A C# E	`5 4 2 2 2 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#dim	C# E G	`x 4 5 6 5 x`
VI	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 11 9 8 9`
VI	C#dim	C# E G	`9 10 11 9 x x`
VI	C#dim	C# E G	`x x 5 6 5 x`
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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Em – Em

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|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#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 2`
II	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 0 2 2 2 2`
II	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 x`
II	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 4 2 5 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	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
IV	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
IV	A7	A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 x`
IV	A7	A C# E G	`5 4 2 2 2 3`
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	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 5 x`
VI	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 2 x`
VI	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 2 4 x x`
VI	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 4 5 4 2 x`
VII	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
VII	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 2`
VII	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 7 6 7 5`
VII	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 5`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Em7 – Em7

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|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#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 2 5 3`
II	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x x 4 6 5 3`
II	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 2 2 3`
II	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 0 2 0 2 0`
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	A9	A C# E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
IV	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 9`
IV	A9	A C# E G B	`x 12 11 12 12 12`
IV	A9	A C# E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 4 7 x`
V	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 7 7 x`
V	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 9 7 7 7 9`
V	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
VI	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 11 9 12 10`
VI	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 0`
VI	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
VI	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x x 0 0 0 x`
VII	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 0 2 2 0`
VII	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 2 2 2 x`
VII	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 4 6 5 x`
VII	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`10 9 11 9 x x`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Em9 – Em9

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

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