G Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G Tuning)

The G Minor scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: G A Bb C D Eb F

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

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

CAGED - A Shape

d|-12--13--15-|
B|-12--14--15-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12-----|
G|-10--11--13-|
D|-12--13--15-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|-13--15-----|
B|-12--14--15-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12-----|
G|-10--11--13-|
D|-12--13--15-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--5---7---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--3---5-----|
D|--2---3---5-|
G|--3---4---6-|
D|--5---7---8-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--7---8--10-|
B|--7---8--10-|
G|--5---7---8-|
D|--5---7---8-|
G|--6---8-----|
D|--7---8--10-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--5---7---8-|
B|--5---7---8-|
G|--3---5---7-|
D|--3---5---7-|
G|--4---6---8-|
D|--7---8--10-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 0 0 x x`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`5 3 5 3 3 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`5 7 5 7 8 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 12`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`x x 7 5 4 7`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 x x`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 x x`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
V	Dm	D F A	`0 2 0 2 3 0`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 7`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 x`
V	Dm	D F A	`x 7 7 7 x x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`1 3 1 3 4 1`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 x x`
VII	F	F A C	`3 5 3 5 6 3`
VII	F	F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 10`
VII	F	F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 x`
VII	F	F A C	`x 10 10 10 x x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F

d|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|7---------------7---10--7-------------------7---------------7---|
B|------------------------3-----------4---3-----------------------|4-------4---8---------------6---4-----------4-------4---8-------|
G|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|5---5-------------------------------5-------5---5---------------|
D|0-------0---3---------------------------------------1---0-------|7---------------------------------------7---7-------------------|
G|3---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------7---8-------------------------------|----------------------------8---10--7---------------------------|
B|------------------------6-----------8---6-----------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|3---------------3---7-----------------------7---3---------------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|3-------3---7---------------------------------------5---3-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|7---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------7---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---4-------4---1-------------------|----------------------------4---6-------6---3-------------------|
G|--------------------0---3-----------------------3---0-----------|--------------------2---5-----------------------5---2-----------|
D|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|3-----------1---3---------------------------------------3-------|
G|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|
D|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|3---7-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
B|----------------------------6---8-------8---4-------------------|
G|0-------------------3---7-----------------------7---3-----------|
D|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
G|3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|
D|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------4-------6-------8---6-------4-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|----------------0-------1-------3---1-------0-------------------|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|----------------3-------5-------7---5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
G|--------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|8---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------1-------------------------------|
G|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
D|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|3-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|
D|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 3`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 3 3 3 3 x`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 5`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`x 5 5 5 4 x`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`10 8 10 8 8 10`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 7`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 7 7 7 6 x`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`12 10 12 10 10 12`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`8 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 8`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 8 8 8 8 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x x x 8 8 8`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`10 10 10 10 10 10`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 10`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 10 10 10 10 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x x x 10 10 10`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`5 3 5 3 3 5`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 12`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 12 12 12 11 x`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x x 7 5 4 7`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm7 – Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7

d|------------------------------------8---------------------------|----------------------------8---10--7---------------------------|
B|----------------------------6---8-------8---4-------------------|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|
G|0-------------------3---7-----------------------7---3-----------|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|
D|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|1-------5-------------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|
D|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------10--12--8---------------------------|------------------------------------13--------------------------|
B|3-------------------6---10--------------10--6-------------------|----------------------------11--13------13--10------------------|
G|2-----------5---7-------------------------------7---------------|5-------------------8---12----------------------12--8-----------|
D|3-------7-------------------------------------------8---7-------|5-----------8---10--------------------------------------10------|
G|7---10------------------------------------------------------10--|8-------12--------------------------------------------------14--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--13----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------15--------------------------|------------------------------------8---------------------------|
B|----------------------------13--15------15--11------------------|----------------------------6---8-------8---4-------------------|
G|7-------------------10--14----------------------14--10----------|0-------------------3---7-----------------------7---3-----------|
D|7-----------10--12--------------------------------------12------|0-----------3---5---------------------------------------5-------|
G|10------14--------------------------------------------------15--|3-------7---------------------------------------------------8---|
D|12--15----------------------------------------------------------|5---8-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|7---------------7---10--7-------------------7---------------7---|
B|4-------4---8---------------6---4-----------4-------4---8-------|
G|5---5-------------------------------5-------5---5---------------|
D|7---------------------------------------7---7-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm7 – Am7b5 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|
G|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|
D|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|--------------------------------8-------------------------------|
G|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|----------------12------14----------14------12------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10------13----------------------------------------------13------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------10------------------------------|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G|----------------14------15----------15------14------------------|----------------7-------8-----------8-------7-------------------|
D|12------15----------------------------------------------15------|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------4-------6-------8---6-------4-------------------|
G|--------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 0 2 3 3`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 3 2 3 0`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 3 2 3 3`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 3 2 3 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 3 0 2 1 0`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 3 0 2 1 3`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 3 3 2 1 0`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 3 0 2 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 3 5`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 4 0`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 0 3 4 5`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 3 0`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 2 0 2 1 1`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 2 1 2 1 0`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 2 1 2 1 1`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`0 2 1 2 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 0 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 0 3 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 1 0 3 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`1 0 1 3 3 3`

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm9 – Bbmaj9 – Cm9 – Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9

d|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|------------------------3---7---5-------------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------4---3-----------------------|--------------------3---------------4---1-----------------------|
G|0---------------0---3-----------------------3---0---------------|3-----------2---3---------------------------2---0---------------|
D|0-------0---3---------------------------------------1---0-------|0---0---3-------------------------------------------1-----------|
G|3---3-------------------------------------------------------3---|3-------------------------------------------------------5---3---|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|15--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------8---10--7---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|1-------------------4---8---------------8---4-------------------|----------------------------3---4-------4---1-------------------|
G|0-----------3---5-------------------------------5---------------|--------------------0---3-----------------------3---0-----------|
D|1-------5-------------------------------------------7---5-------|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
G|5---8-------------------------------------------------------8---|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---4-------4---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---3-----------------------3---0-----------|
D|1-----------0---1---------------------------------------1-------|
G|0-------3---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|1---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Gm9 – Bbmaj9 – Cm9 – Dm7b9 – Ebmaj9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------0-------2---0---------------------------|
D|----------------0-------1-------3---1-------0-------------------|--------0-------3---------------------------3-----------0-------|
G|--------3-----------------------------------------------3-------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|5-------8-----------------------------------------------8-------|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------3-------5-----------5-------3-------------------|
D|1-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

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