Celtic Dorian Progression in C Dorian for Mandolin

The C Dorian scale on mandolin: the Celtic Dorian progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: C D Eb F G A Bb

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--5---7---8--10-|
A|--5---7---8--10-|
D|--5---6---8--10-|
G|--5---6---8--10-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
II	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
II	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
IV	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
IV	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
IV	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
IV	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
VI	Adim	A C Eb	`5 7 6 5`
VI	Adim	A C Eb	`8 7 3 5`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Cm – Bb – Cm – F

E|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|1-----------------------3---1-----------------------3---1-------|
A|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|1-----------0---1---5-------1-----------0---1---5-------1-------|
D|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|
G|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|

E|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|1-------------------1---5---1-------------------1---5---1-------|
A|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|0-----------1---3-----------0-----------1---3-----------0-------|
D|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|3---1---5-------------------3---1---5-------------------3---1---|
G|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|5---------------------------5---------------------------5-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`5 3 6 5`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 6 5`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 3 8`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 6 5`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
VI	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
VI	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Cm7 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – F7

E|3-----------------------1---5---6---3-----------------------1---|5-----------------------5---8---10--5-----------------------5---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|8---------------5---8---------------8---------------5---8-------|
D|1-------3---7-----------------------1-------3---7---------------|7-------7---10----------------------7-------7---10--------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|7---10------------------------------7---10----------------------|

E|3-----------------------1---5---6---3-----------------------1---|5-----------------------3---6---8---5-----------------------3---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|
D|1-------3---7-----------------------1-------3---7---------------|3-------5---8-----------------------3-------5---8---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`
II	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 6 5`
II	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`5 3 6 5`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 0 x`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 3 0 3`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 1 0 3`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 x`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 0 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 0 1 1`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`2 1 1 x`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 0 3`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 0 x`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 3 x`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 x`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Cm9 – Bbmaj9 – Cm9 – F9

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

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

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