F Melodic Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Double Drop D Tuning)

The F Melodic Minor scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: F G Ab Bb C D E

Tuning: Double Drop D Guitar (D A D G B D)

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

d|--6---8-----|
B|--3---5-----|
G|--2---3---5-|
D|--1---3-----|
A|--1---3-----|
D|--2---3---5-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|-10--12-----|
B|--7---8--10-|
G|--6---8-----|
D|--5---7-----|
A|--5---6---8-|
D|--6---8-----|

CAGED - G Shape

d|-12--14--15-|
B|-10--11--13-|
G|-10--12-----|
D|--9--10--12-|
A|--9--11-----|
D|-10--12-----|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--3---5---6-|
B|--1---3-----|
G|--0---2---3-|
D|--0---1---3-|
A|--1---3-----|
D|--2---3---5-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--3---5-----|
G|--2---3---5-|
D|--1---3-----|
A|--1---3-----|
D|--2---3---5-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--3---5---6-|
B|--1---3---5-|
G|--2---3---5-|
D|--1---3---5-|
A|--3---5---6-|
D|--5---6---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`3 3 3 1 1 3`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 10 10 9 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 6 5 6 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`5 5 5 3 3 5`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 12 12 11 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 7 8 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x x 6 5 5 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x 11 10 9 9 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x 11 10 9 x x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x x 2 1 1 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 7 6 x`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
V	C	C E G	`x x x 5 5 5`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 2`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 12`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x 7 8 9 8 x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 14 12 11 14`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 8 9 8 x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`3 3 2 1 1 2`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`3 3 2 1 1 3`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`3 3 3 1 1 2`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`3 3 2 1 1 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`5 5 3 3 3 5`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`5 5 3 3 3 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 10 8 10 8 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`8 8 8 10 9 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 13 12 13 11 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`10 10 10 12 11 x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 3 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 8 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 5 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 x x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x 8 5 5 5 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x x x 5 5 5`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 11 10 12 11 x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 1 2 1 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 8 x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`x x 0 1 1 2`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`0 3 0 1 1 2`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`0 3 0 1 3 2`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`0 3 2 1 1 0`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 5 3 3 x x`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 12 12 11 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x x 6 5 5 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x 11 10 9 x x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x x 2 1 1 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x 3 2 1 x x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 10 x x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
V	C	C E G	`x x x 5 5 5`
V	C	C E G	`x x 10 9 8 x`
V	C	C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 8 9 8 x`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`3 3 2 x x x`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`x x 3 5 5 x`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`x 8 6 9 x x`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`x 8 10 9 x x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 10 8 10 x x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x x x 5 5 5`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`x x 5 5 5 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x x 8 9 8 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 x x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 12 10 13 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 x x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 x x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x x 2 0 1 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x x x 5 5 5`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`x x 5 5 5 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 1 2 1 x x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x x 8 9 8 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 x x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 x x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`0 3 2 x x x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`x 5 2 5 x x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`x 7 0 5 x x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`x x x 7 5 6`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 5 3 3 x x`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Fm – Gm – Abaug – Bb – C – Ddim – Edim

d|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|
B|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
G|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
D|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------5---|
A|3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------|
D|3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------|5---8-----------5---8-----------5---8-----------5---8-----------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-----------8---3-----------8---3-----------8---3-----------8---|
B|5-----------9---5-----------9---5-----------9---5-----------9---|3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------|
G|5---5---9-------5---5---9-------5---5---9-------5---5---9-------|3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------|
D|6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|1-----------1---1-----------1---1-----------1---1-----------1---|6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|
G|0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|7-----------7---7-----------7---7-----------7---7-----------7---|
D|2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------|6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------|
A|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|5---8-----------5---8-----------5---8-----------5---8-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8---------------8---------------8---------------8---------------|
G|9-----------9---9-----------9---9-----------9---9-----------9---|
D|8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------8-------|
A|7---10----------7---10----------7---10----------7---10----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Three Note Runs

Chords: Fm – Gm – Abaug – Bb – C – Ddim – Edim

d|3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|3-------------------------------------------------------2-------|5-------------------------------------------------------3-------|
A|3-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|5-------------------3-------3---5---3---5---7---5---7-------7---|
D|3---5---6---5---6-------6---------------------------------------|5---6---8---6---8-------8---------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-------------------------------------------------------6-------|
B|5-------------------------------------------6-------6---8---6---|3-------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---8-------8---|
G|5-------5-------5---7---5---7---9---7---9-------9---------------|3---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|
D|6---8-------8---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|1---------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-------------------------------0-------0---1---0---1---3---1---|7-------------------------------------------------------5-------|
D|2---0---2---0---2---3---2---3-------3---------------------------|6-------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---8-------8---|
A|3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---7---8---7---8-------8---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-------------------------------------------------------7-------|
D|8-------------------6-------6---8---6---8---10--8---10------10--|
A|7---8---10--8---10------10--------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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