Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues Progression in C#/Db Mixolydian for Mandolin

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

Notes: Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb B

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--6---8--10--11-|
A|--6---8---9--11-|
D|--6---8---9--11-|
G|--6---7---9--11-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`6 3 4 4`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 1 2`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`11 8 9 11`
III	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 3 2 1`
III	Fdim	F Ab B	`16 15 11 13`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 6`
V	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4`
V	Abm	Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 4`
V	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 1 2 4`
V	Abm	Ab B Eb	`8 6 6 7`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 3 4 6`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6`
VII	B	B Eb Gb	`4 1 2 2`
VII	B	B Eb Gb	`4 4 6 7`
VII	B	B Eb Gb	`8 9 9 7`
VII	B	B Eb Gb	`8 4 6 7`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Db – Gb – Db – Db – Gb – Gb – Db – Db – Abm – Gb – Db – Abm

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|
A|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|
A|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|
D|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|
G|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|4---------------------------6---7---4---------------------------|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|
A|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|
D|6-------4---8---9-------------------6-------4---8---9-----------|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|
G|4---8-------------------------------4---8-----------------------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|4---------------------------6---7---4---------------------------|
A|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|6-------4---8---9-------------------6-------4---8---9-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|4---8-------------------------------4---8-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 6 4 7`
I	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 6 8 7`
I	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 9 8 7`
I	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 9 8 9`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
III	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 4`
III	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`13 13 14 11`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
V	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 1 2 2`
V	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 4 6 7`
V	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`8 4 6 7`
V	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 6 9 7`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`3 3 4 4`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
VII	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
VII	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Db7 – Gbmaj7 – Db7 – Db7 – Gbmaj7 – Gbmaj7 – Db7 – Db7 – Abm7 – Gbmaj7 – Db7 – Abm7

E|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|
D|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

E|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|
D|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|

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

E|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|
D|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|

E|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

E|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|
D|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 1`
I	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 x`
I	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 2 1`
I	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 4 x`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 1 2`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 4 1`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 1 1`
III	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 1 2 2`
III	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 2 2`
III	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
III	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 4 2 x`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 2`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 x`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 4`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 4`
V	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 x`
V	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 2`
V	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 1 2`
V	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 2 2`
VI	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 11 14 13`
VI	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`13 11 14 13`
VII	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`4 1 4 x`
VII	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
VII	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 2`
VII	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 x`

Quick-Change 12-Bar Blues

Chords: Db9 – Gbmaj9 – Db9 – Db9 – Gbmaj9 – Gbmaj9 – Db9 – Db9 – Abm9 – Gbmaj9 – Db9 – Abm9

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|----------------------------2---4-------------------------------|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|----------------------------2---4-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

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