Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues Progression in A#/Bb Mixolydian for Mandolin

The A#/Bb Mixolydian scale on mandolin (A sharp / B flat mixolydian): the Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Bb C D Eb F G Ab

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--3---5---7---8-|
A|--3---5---6---8-|
D|--3---5---6---8-|
G|--3---4---6---8-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 12 11 10`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`13 12 8 10`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`5 3 3 4`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 4`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 4`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Bb – Eb – Bb – Bb – Eb – Eb – Bb – Bb – Fm – Eb – Bb – Fm

E|1-------------------1---4---1-------------------1---4---1-------|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|
G|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

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

E|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

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

E|1---------------------------3---4---1---------------------------|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3-------1---5---6-------------------3-------1---5---6-----------|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|
G|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

E|1-------------------1---4---1-------------------1---4---1-------|1---------------------------3---4---1---------------------------|
A|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|3-------1---5---6-------------------3-------1---5---6-----------|
G|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 1 4`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 5 4`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 4`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 6`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 13`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Bb7 – Ebmaj7 – Bb7 – Bb7 – Ebmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Bb7 – Bb7 – Fm7 – Ebmaj7 – Bb7 – Fm7

E|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|3-----------------------1---4---3-----------------------1---4---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

E|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

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

E|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

E|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|3-----------------------1---4---3-----------------------1---4---|
A|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

E|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 3 x`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 3 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 1`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 4`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 1`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 1 3 3`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 8 11 10`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`10 8 11 10`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 3`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Bb9 – Ebmaj9 – Bb9 – Bb9 – Ebmaj9 – Ebmaj9 – Bb9 – Bb9 – Fm9 – Ebmaj9 – Bb9 – Fm9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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