Minor ii–V–i Progression in F Minor for Guitar

The F Minor scale on guitar: the Minor ii–V–i 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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Gdim – Cm – Fm – Fm

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

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

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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Gm7b5 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Fm7

e|6-------------------6---9---6-------------------6---9---6-------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|6-----------6---8-----------6-----------6---8-----------6-------|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|6-------6-------------------6-------6-------------------6-------|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
D|5---8-----------------------5---8-----------------------5---8---|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Gm7b5b9 – Cm7b9 – Fm9 – Fm9

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

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

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