One-Chord Vamp Progression in F Dorian for Guitar

The F Dorian scale on guitar: the One-Chord Vamp progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: F G Ab Bb C D Eb

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--1---3---4-|
B|--1---3-----|
G|--0---1---3-|
D|--0---1---3-|
A|--1---3---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	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	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	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	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	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 10`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 11 12 10 x x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Fm – Fm

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	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	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	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`
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	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
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`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Fm7 – Fm7

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	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
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	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Fm9 – Fm9

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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