Andalusian Cadence Progression in F Minor for Guitar

The F Minor scale on guitar: the Andalusian Cadence progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: F G Ab Bb C Db Eb

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x x 5 3 2 3`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 4 5 3 x x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 10 11 12 11 x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm – Eb – Db – Cm

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|4-----------2---4-----------4-----------2---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-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|2---------------2---6-------2---------------2---6-------2-------|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 6 6 6`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 11 10 11 x`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 10 8 10 8 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 6`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 5 6 4 3`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 8 6`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm7 – Eb7 – Dbmaj7 – Cm7

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|2-----------2---4-----------2-----------2---4-----------2-------|
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-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 10 12 11 9`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x x 1 3 2 3`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 4 5 3 x x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 3`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 6 5 6 6 6`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`

Andalusian Cadence (i–♭VII–♭VI–v)

Chords: Fm9 – Eb9 – Dbmaj9 – Cm7b9

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

e|------------------------4---------------------------4-----------|9-------------------11--9-------------------11--9---------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|11----------11--13------11----------11--13------11----------11--|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|8---8---12--------------8---8---12--------------8---8---12------|
D|1---3-----------------------1---3-----------------------1---3---|10----------------------10----------------------10--------------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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