Aeolian Rock Progression in G Minor for Guitar

The G Minor scale on guitar: the Aeolian Rock progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: G A Bb C D Eb F

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x 0 1 2 1 x`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 7 5 4 5`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`5 6 7 5 x x`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
V	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
VII	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
VII	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
VII	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
VII	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm – Eb – F – Gm

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|4-----------3---4-----------4-----------3---4-----------4-------|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
G|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
D|3-----------1---3-------------------3-----------1---3-----------|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
A|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
E|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 x x`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 8 8 8`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x x 7 5 8 x`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 2 4 1`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 3 5 4 5`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 4 1`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3-------------------3---6---3-------------------3---6---3-------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|3-----------3---4-----------3-----------3---4-----------3-------|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
G|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
D|1-----------1---3-------------------1-----------1---3-----------|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
A|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
E|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 x x x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 12 14 13 11`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`1 3 1 2 1 1`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x x 1 2 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 5`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 8 7 8 8 8`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 0 1 0 1 x`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm9 – Ebmaj9 – F9 – Gm9

e|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|1-------------------3---6---1-------------------3---6---1-------|
B|3-------------------1---4-----------3-------------------1---4---|3-----------3---4-----------3-----------3---4-----------3-------|
G|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|
D|3-------1---------------------------3-------1-------------------|1---5-----------------------1---5-----------------------1---5---|
A|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|5-----------------------8---5-----------------------8---5-------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
B|8---------------6---10------8---------------6---10------8-------|3-------------------1---4-----------3-------------------1---4---|
G|8-------5---8---------------8-------5---8---------------8-------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
D|7---7-----------------------7---7-----------------------7---7---|3-------1---------------------------3-------1-------------------|
A|8---------------------------8---------------------------8-------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|

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