One-Chord Vamp Progression in G Dorian for Guitar

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

Notes: G A Bb C D E F

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--3---5---6-|
B|--3---5-----|
G|--2---3---5-|
D|--2---3---5-|
A|--3---5---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	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
II	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
II	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
II	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
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	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
IV	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
IV	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
IV	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 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	Edim	E G Bb	`0 1 2 0 x x`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`x 7 8 9 8 x`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 14 12 11 12`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 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`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm – Gm

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	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
II	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
II	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
II	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
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	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 0`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 3`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 x`
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	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 8 x`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 5 x`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Gm7

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	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 9 8 6`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
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	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 0`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 3`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 3`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 0 x x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`

One-Chord Vamp (i–i)

Chords: Gm9 – Gm9

e|----------------------------1---3-------------------------------|----------------------------1---3-------------------------------|
B|3-----------------------3-----------3-----------------------3---|3-----------------------3-----------3-----------------------3---|
G|0---------------0---3---------------0---------------0---3-------|0---------------0---3---------------0---------------0---3-------|
D|3-------0---3-----------------------3-------0---3---------------|3-------0---3-----------------------3-------0---3---------------|
A|0---1-------------------------------0---1-----------------------|0---1-------------------------------0---1-----------------------|
E|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|

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