Aeolian Rock Progression in B Minor for Mandolin

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

Notes: B C# D E F# G A

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--4---6---7---9-|
A|--4---5---7---9-|
D|--4---5---7---9-|
G|--3---5---7---9-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm	B D F#	`4 4 5 2`
I	Bm	B D F#	`4 4 5 7`
I	Bm	B D F#	`7 4 5 7`
I	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`9 11 10 9`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`12 11 7 9`
III	D	D F# A	`2 0 0 2`
III	D	D F# A	`2 4 5 2`
III	D	D F# A	`2 4 5 5`
III	D	D F# A	`7 4 5 5`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0`
IV	Em	E G B	`4 2 2 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 3`
IV	Em	E G B	`9 9 10 7`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 2`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`6 4 4 5`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 5`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`11 11 12 9`
VI	G	G B D	`0 0 2 3`
VI	G	G B D	`4 5 5 3`
VI	G	G B D	`4 0 2 3`
VI	G	G B D	`7 5 2 3`
VII	A	A C# E	`2 2 4 5`
VII	A	A C# E	`6 7 7 5`
VII	A	A C# E	`6 2 4 5`
VII	A	A C# E	`9 7 4 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm – G – A – Bm

E|2-----------------------2---5---7---2-----------------------2---|3---------------------------2---3---3---------------------------|
A|5---------------2---5---------------5---------------2---5-------|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
D|4-------4---7-----------------------4-------4---7---------------|0-------0---4---5-------------------0-------0---4---5-----------|
G|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

E|5---------------------------3---5---5---------------------------|2-----------------------2---5---7---2-----------------------2---|
A|4-------------------4---7-----------4-------------------4---7---|5---------------2---5---------------5---------------2---5-------|
D|2-------2---5---7-------------------2-------2---5---7-----------|4-------4---7-----------------------4-------4---7---------------|
G|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 0 0 2`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 4 5 2`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 4 5 5`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`4 4 5 5`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`9 9 10 7`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`9 9 10 12`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`11 11 12 9`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`11 11 12 14`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 2 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`4 0 2 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 5 3`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`4 5 5 3`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 2 4 5`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`6 2 4 5`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 4 7 5`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`6 7 7 5`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 4 5 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 4 5 7`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`2 2 0 3`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`2 2 4 3`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`2 5 4 3`
VII	A7	A C# E G	`2 5 4 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm7 – Gmaj7 – A7 – Bm7

E|2-----------------------0---3---5---2-----------------------0---|2-----------------------2---5---7---2-----------------------2---|
A|0---------------0---4---------------0---------------0---4-------|5---------------2---5---------------5---------------2---5-------|
D|0-------2---5-----------------------0-------2---5---------------|4-------4---7-----------------------4-------4---7---------------|
G|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|

E|3-----------------------0---3---5---3-----------------------0---|2-----------------------0---3---5---2-----------------------0---|
A|0---------------0---4---------------0---------------0---4-------|0---------------0---4---------------0---------------0---4-------|
D|2-------2---5-----------------------2-------2---5---------------|0-------2---5-----------------------0-------2---5---------------|
G|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`4 0 4 x`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 0 4 2`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 0 4 2`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 0 4 x`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 0 2 0`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 0 2 x`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 0 2 0`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 0 2 3`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 0 0`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 0 2`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 4 0`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 4 0 0`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 0 2 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 0 2 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 x`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 7 10 9`
V	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`9 7 10 9`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 0 x`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 0 2`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2`
VI	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 0 2 2`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 2 x`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`2 2 2 x`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`2 2 2 3`
VII	A9	A C# E G B	`x 2 2 3`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Bm9 – Gmaj9 – A9 – Bm9

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

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

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