Epic Minor Progression in A Minor for Mandolin

The A Minor scale on mandolin: the Epic Minor progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A B C D E F G

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--2---4---5---7-|
A|--2---3---5---7-|
D|--2---3---5---7-|
G|--1---3---5---7-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
I	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
I	Am	A C E	`5 2 3 5`
I	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5`
II	Bdim	B D F	`7 9 8 7`
II	Bdim	B D F	`10 9 5 7`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
III	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`5 5 7 8`
IV	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
IV	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0`
V	Em	E G B	`4 2 2 3`
V	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 3`
V	Em	E G B	`9 9 10 7`
VI	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
VI	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
VI	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
VI	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
VII	G	G B D	`0 0 2 3`
VII	G	G B D	`4 5 5 3`
VII	G	G B D	`4 0 2 3`
VII	G	G B D	`7 5 2 3`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Am – F – C – G

E|0-----------------------0---3---5---0-----------------------0---|1-------------------0---3---1-------------------0---3---1-------|
A|3---------------0---3---------------3---------------0---3-------|0-----------2---3-----------0-----------2---3-----------0-------|
D|2-------2---5-----------------------2-------2---5---------------|3---2---5-------------------3---2---5-------------------3---2---|
G|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|5---------------------------5---------------------------5-------|

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
I	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
I	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 5`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`7 7 8 10`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 7`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`9 9 10 12`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 2 3`
V	Em7	E G B D	`4 0 2 3`
V	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 5 3`
V	Em7	E G B D	`4 5 5 3`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`
VII	G7	G B D F	`0 0 2 1`
VII	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 1`
VII	G7	G B D F	`0 3 2 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`7 5 8 7`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Am7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – G7

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

E|7-----------------------7---10--12--7-----------------------7---|1---------------------------1---3---1---------------------------|
A|10--------------7---10--------------10--------------7---10------|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
D|9-------9---12----------------------9-------9---12--------------|0-------0---3---5-------------------0-------0---3---5-----------|
G|9---12------------------------------9---12----------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am9	A C E G B	`0 2 2 x`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`2 2 2 x`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`2 2 2 3`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`x 2 2 3`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 3 1`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 3 x`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 3 3 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 0 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 0 2 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 0 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 0 3 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 1`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 3 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 0 0`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 5 8 7`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`7 5 8 7`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 1`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 3 0 3`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 3`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 0 x`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`0 0 0 1`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`x 0 0 1`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`2 0 2 1`

Epic Minor (i–♭VI–♭III–♭VII)

Chords: Am9 – Fmaj9 – Cmaj9 – G9

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

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

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