Royal Road Progression in D Major for Mandolin

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

Notes: D E F# G A B C#

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--7---9--11--12-|
A|--7---9--11--12-|
D|--7---9--10--12-|
G|--7---9--10--12-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	D	D F# A	`2 0 0 2`
I	D	D F# A	`2 4 5 2`
I	D	D F# A	`2 4 5 5`
I	D	D F# A	`7 4 5 5`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0`
II	Em	E G B	`4 2 2 3`
II	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 3`
II	Em	E G B	`9 9 10 7`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 2`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`6 4 4 5`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 5`
III	F#m	F# A C#	`11 11 12 9`
IV	G	G B D	`0 0 2 3`
IV	G	G B D	`4 5 5 3`
IV	G	G B D	`4 0 2 3`
IV	G	G B D	`7 5 2 3`
V	A	A C# E	`2 2 4 5`
V	A	A C# E	`6 7 7 5`
V	A	A C# E	`6 2 4 5`
V	A	A C# E	`9 7 4 5`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`4 4 5 2`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`4 4 5 7`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`7 4 5 7`
VI	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`9 11 10 9`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`12 11 7 9`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: G – A – F#m – Bm

E|3---------------------------2---3---3---------------------------|5---------------------------3---5---5---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|4-------------------4---7-----------4-------------------4---7---|
D|0-------0---4---5-------------------0-------0---4---5-----------|2-------2---5---7-------------------2-------2---5---7-----------|
G|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

E|2---------------------------3---5---2---------------------------|2-----------------------2---5---7---2-----------------------2---|
A|4-------------------4---7-----------4-------------------4---7---|5---------------2---5---------------5---------------2---5-------|
D|4-------2---5---7-------------------4-------2---5---7-----------|4-------4---7-----------------------4-------4---7---------------|
G|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`11 11 12 9`
I	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`11 11 12 14`
II	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 2 3`
II	Em7	E G B D	`4 0 2 3`
II	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 5 3`
II	Em7	E G B D	`4 5 5 3`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 2 4 5`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`6 2 4 5`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 4 7 5`
III	F#m7	F# A C# E	`6 7 7 5`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 4 5 2`
IV	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 4 5 7`
V	A7	A C# E G	`2 2 0 3`
V	A7	A C# E G	`2 2 4 3`
V	A7	A C# E G	`2 5 4 3`
V	A7	A C# E G	`2 5 4 5`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 0 0 2`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 4 5 2`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 4 5 5`
VI	Bm7	B D F# A	`4 4 5 5`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`9 9 10 7`
VII	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`9 9 10 12`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Gmaj7 – A7 – F#m7 – Bm7

E|2-----------------------2---5---7---2-----------------------2---|3-----------------------0---3---5---3-----------------------0---|
A|5---------------2---5---------------5---------------2---5-------|0---------------0---4---------------0---------------0---4-------|
D|4-------4---7-----------------------4-------4---7---------------|2-------2---5-----------------------2-------2---5---------------|
G|4---7-------------------------------4---7-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

E|5---------------------------3---5---5---------------------------|2-----------------------0---3---5---2-----------------------0---|
A|4-------------------4---7-----------4-------------------4---7---|0---------------0---4---------------0---------------0---4-------|
D|2-------2---5---7-------------------2-------2---5---7-----------|0-------2---5-----------------------0-------2---5---------------|
G|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 0 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 0 2`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 0 4 0`
I	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 4 0 0`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 0 2 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 0 2 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
II	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 x`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`x 7 10 9`
III	F#m7b9	F# A C# E G	`9 7 10 9`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 0 x`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 0 0 2`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2`
IV	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 0 2 2`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`0 2 2 x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`2 2 2 x`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`2 2 2 3`
V	A9	A C# E G B	`x 2 2 3`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`4 0 4 x`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 0 4 2`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 0 4 2`
VI	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 0 4 x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 0 2 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 0 2 x`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 0 2 0`
VII	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 0 2 3`

Royal Road (IV–V–iii–vi)

Chords: Gmaj9 – A9 – F#m7b9 – Bm9

E|----------------------------2---3-------------------------------|----------------------------2---3-------------------------------|
A|0-------------------2---5-----------0-------------------2---5---|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
D|0-------0---4---5-------------------0-------0---4---5-----------|2-------0---4---5-------------------2-------0---4---5-----------|
G|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

E|9-------------------9---12--9-------------------9---12--9-------|------------------------2---5---------------------------2---5---|
A|10------7---10--12----------10------7---10--12----------10------|4-----------0---2---5-----------4-----------0---2---5-----------|
D|7---11----------------------7---11----------------------7---11--|0---0---4-----------------------0---0---4-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-------------------------------4-------------------------------|

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