Royal Road Progression in F#/Gb Major for Guitar

The F#/Gb Major scale on guitar (F sharp / G flat major): the Royal Road progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb F

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4 4 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 7`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 2`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 x`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4 2`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`7 6 4 4 4 7`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 3 1 0 1`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 2 3 1 x x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 8 9 10 9 x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: B – Db – Bbm – Ebm

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 4`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 x`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 6 4 7 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 x`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x x 4 4 6`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`7 6 4 4 4 6`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 1`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 4`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 4 4 4`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 9 8 9 x`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Bmaj7 – Db7 – Bbm7 – Ebm7

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

e|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|6---------------------------9---11--6---------------------------|
B|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|7-------------------7---11----------7-------------------7---11--|
G|1-----------1---3-------------------1-----------1---3-----------|6-----------6---8-------------------6-----------6---8-----------|
D|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|8-------8---------------------------8-------8-------------------|
A|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|6---9-------------------------------6---9-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 4 4 x`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 6 4 4 4 6`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 6 9 7`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 10 9 7`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 2 1 3 2 x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 6 8 6 x x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 9 8 6 x x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 9 6 7 6`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 1`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 4`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`9 6 9 6 9 x`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 1 0 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 0 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 4 4 4 4`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Bmaj9 – Db9 – Bbm7b9 – Ebm9

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

e|7-------------------9---7-------------------9---7---------------|----------------------------9---11------------------------------|
B|9-----------9---11------9-----------9---11------9-----------9---|11----------------------11----------11----------------------11--|
G|6---6---10--------------6---6---10--------------6---6---10------|8---------------8---11--------------8---------------8---11------|
D|8-----------------------8-----------------------8---------------|11------8---11----------------------11------8---11--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|8---9-------------------------------8---9-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|11----------------------------------11--------------------------|

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