D Asavari (Raga) Mandolin Scale, Chords & Progressions

The D Asavari (Raga) scale on mandolin: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: D E G A Bb

Notes coming down: D C Bb A G F E

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scales

Scale shapes

4NPS - Third Position

E|--6--10--12--15-|
A|--5---7--10--12-|
D|--2---5---7---8-|
G|--0---2---3---7-|

Coming down

E|--6---8--10--12--13--15-|
A|--5---7---8--10--12-----|
D|--2---3---5---7---8--10-|
G|--0---2---3---5---7-----|

4NPS - Fourth Position

E|-10--12--15--17-|
A|--7--10--12--13-|
D|--5---7---8--12-|
G|--2---3---7---9-|

Coming down

E|-10--12--13--15--17-----|
A|--7---8--10--12--13--15-|
D|--5---7---8--10--12-----|
G|--2---3---5---7---9--10-|

4NPS - Fifth Position

E|-12--15--17--18-|
A|-10--12--13--17-|
D|--7---8--12--14-|
G|--3---7---9--12-|

Coming down

E|-12--13--15--17--18-----|
A|-10--12--13--15--17-----|
D|--7---8--10--12--14--15-|
G|--3---5---7---9--10--12-|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
I	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
I	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
I	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 1 0`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`15 14 10 12`
III	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
III	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
III	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
III	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
V	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
V	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
V	Am	A C E	`5 2 3 5`
V	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
VII	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
VII	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
VII	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
VII	C	C E G	`5 5 7 8`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
V	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
V	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 3 6`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 7 6`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 6`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 8`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 1`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 3 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 0 0`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 1`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 3 0 3`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 3`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 1`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 0 1`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 0 1 1`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 10 13 12`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`12 10 13 12`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 3 x`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 0`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 1 0`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`x 0 0 1`
I	Dm	D F A	`2 3 5 x`
I	Dm	D F A	`x 3 5 5`
I	Dm	D F A	`7 3 0 x`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 1 x`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x 2 1 3`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x 5 1 0`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`3 5 7 x`
III	F	F A C	`2 3 3 x`
III	F	F A C	`5 3 0 x`
III	F	F A C	`x 3 3 5`
III	F	F A C	`x 3 0 8`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 1 3`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 x`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`x 5 5 6`
V	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 x`
V	Am	A C E	`5 2 0 x`
V	Am	A C E	`x 2 3 5`
V	Am	A C E	`x 7 3 0`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 x`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 5 6`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 8 x`
VII	C	C E G	`0 2 3 x`
VII	C	C E G	`x 2 3 3`
VII	C	C E G	`x 5 3 0`
VII	C	C E G	`5 5 7 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 0 1 0`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 0 1 3`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 5 x`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 0 1`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 0 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 3 3 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 2 3 1`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
V	Am7	A C E G	`x 7 10 8`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 0 0 1`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 0 1 x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`3 0 0 x`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`3 3 0 x`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`x 10 13 12`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 1`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 3 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 0 0`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 3 1 0`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 3 0 3`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 3`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 3 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 0 1`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 0 1 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 3 0 x`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 10 13 12`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 3 x`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 x`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 3 3 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 1 0`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`

Progressions

Crosspicking (Forward)

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

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

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

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

Crosspicking (Reverse)

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

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

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

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

Crosspicking 3-3-2 (Shuffler)

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

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

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

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

Crosspicking (McReynolds 3-1-2)

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

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

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

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

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