Minor Descent Progression in D Minor for Mandolin

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

Notes: D E F G A Bb C

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--7---9--10--12-|
A|--7---8--10--12-|
D|--7---8--10--12-|
G|--6---8--10--12-|

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`

Minor Descent (i–♭VII–♭VI–♭VII)

Chords: Dm – C – Bb – C

E|1-----------------------0---3---5---1-----------------------0---|0---------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|0---------------0---3---------------0---------------0---3-------|3-------------------1---5-----------3-------------------1---5---|
D|0-------2---5-----------------------0-------2---5---------------|2-------0---3---5-------------------2-------0---3---5-----------|
G|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

E|1-----------------------1---5---1-----------------------1---5---|0---------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|1-----------0---1---5-----------1-----------0---1---5-----------|3-------------------1---5-----------3-------------------1---5---|
D|0---0---3-----------------------0---0---3-----------------------|2-------0---3---5-------------------2-------0---3---5-----------|
G|3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

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`

Minor Descent (i–♭VII–♭VI–♭VII)

Chords: Dm7 – C7 – Bbmaj7 – C7

E|5-----------------------3---6---8---5-----------------------3---|6-----------------------3---6---8---6-----------------------3---|
A|3---------------3---7---------------3---------------3---7-------|3---------------3---7---------------3---------------3---7-------|
D|3-------5---8-----------------------3-------5---8---------------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|5---9-------------------------------5---9-----------------------|5---9-------------------------------5---9-----------------------|

E|5-----------------------5---8---10--5-----------------------5---|6-----------------------3---6---8---6-----------------------3---|
A|8---------------5---8---------------8---------------5---8-------|3---------------3---7---------------3---------------3---7-------|
D|7-------7---10----------------------7-------7---10--------------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|7---10------------------------------7---10----------------------|5---9-------------------------------5---9-----------------------|

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`

Minor Descent (i–♭VII–♭VI–♭VII)

Chords: Dm9 – C9 – Bbmaj9 – C9

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

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

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