Neo-Soul Descent Progression in F Major for Guitar

The F Major scale on guitar: the Neo-Soul Descent progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: F G A Bb C D E

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Bb – Am – Gm – F

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
III	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 0`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 3`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
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`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Gm7 – Fmaj7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 9 8 6`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 0`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 3`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 0 x x`

Neo-Soul Descent (IV–iii–ii–I)

Chords: Bbmaj9 – Am7b9 – Gm9 – Fmaj9

e|------------------------1---5---------------------------1---5---|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|
B|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|
G|2-----------2---3---------------2-----------2---3---------------|5---5---9---------------5---5---9---------------5---5---9-------|
D|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|
A|1-------------------------------1-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------1---3-------------------------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
B|3-----------------------3-----------3-----------------------3---|------------------------1---5-------------------------------1---|
G|0---------------0---3---------------0---------------0---3-------|0-------------------2---------------0-------------------2-------|
D|3-------0---3-----------------------3-------0---3---------------|2-----------2---3-------------------2-----------2---3-----------|
A|0---1-------------------------------0---1-----------------------|0---0---3---------------------------0---0---3-------------------|
E|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|

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