Minor ii–V–i Progression in G Minor for Guitar

The G Minor scale on guitar: the Minor ii–V–i 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`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Adim – Dm – Gm – Gm

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

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

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Am7b5 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Gm7

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

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

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: Am7b5b9 – Dm7b9 – Gm9 – Gm9

e|6-------------------8---6-------------------8---6---------------|11------------------13--11------------------13--11--------------|
B|8-----------8---10------8-----------8---10------8-----------8---|13----------13--15------13----------13--15------13----------13--|
G|5---5---8---------------5---5---8---------------5---5---8-------|10--10--14--------------10--10--14--------------10--10--14------|
D|7-----------------------7-----------------------7---------------|12----------------------12----------------------12--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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