Diatonic Circle of Fifths Progression in D#/Eb Major for Mandolin

The D#/Eb Major scale on mandolin (D sharp / E flat major): the Diatonic Circle of Fifths progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Eb F G Ab Bb C D

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|--8--10--12--13-|
A|--8--10--12--13-|
D|--8--10--11--13-|
G|--8--10--11--13-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
I	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`5 3 3 4`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 4`
II	Fm	F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
III	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
IV	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 4`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
VI	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 12 11 10`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`13 12 8 10`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Eb – Ab – Ddim – Gm – Cm – Fm – Bb – Eb

E|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|10--------------------------11--13--10--------------------------|3---------------------------4---6---3---------------------------|
A|11------------------11--15----------11------------------11--15--|5-------------------5---8-----------5-------------------5---8---|
D|12------10--13--15------------------12------10--13--15----------|5-------3---6---8-------------------5-------3---6---8-----------|
G|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

E|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|1---------------------------3---4---1---------------------------|
A|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|3-------1---5---6-------------------3-------1---5---6-----------|
G|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|1-------------------1---4---1-------------------1---4---1-------|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|1-----------1---3-----------1-----------1---3-----------1-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|
G|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
I	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 4`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 1 3 4`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
II	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 4`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
III	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
IV	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 1 4`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 3 5 4`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 4`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 6 5 6`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
VI	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 8`
VII	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`10 10 11 13`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Dm7b5 – Gm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Bb7 – Ebmaj7

E|3-----------------------1---4---3-----------------------1---4---|3-----------------------3---6---8---3-----------------------3---|
A|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|6---------------3---6---------------6---------------3---6-------|
D|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|5---8-------------------------------5---8-----------------------|

E|8-----------------------8---11--13--8-----------------------8---|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|
A|11--------------8---11--------------11--------------8---11------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|10------10--13----------------------10------10--13--------------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|10--13------------------------------10--13----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

E|3-----------------------1---4---6---3-----------------------1---|4---------------------------3---4---4---------------------------|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|

E|4-----------------------1---4---6---4-----------------------1---|3-----------------------1---4---3-----------------------1---4---|
A|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
I	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 1`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 x`
II	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 1 3 3`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 8 11 10`
III	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`10 8 11 10`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 x`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 3`
IV	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 3 x`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 3 1`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 1`
V	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 x`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
VI	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 1`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
VII	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 4`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Ebmaj9 – Abmaj9 – Dm7b5b9 – Gm7b9 – Cm9 – Fm9 – Bb9 – Ebmaj9

E|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|------------------------1---4---------------------------1---4---|
A|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
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---------------------------|

E|1---------------------------3---4---1---------------------------|10------------------10--13--10------------------10--13--10------|
A|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|11------8---11--13----------11------8---11--13----------11------|
D|1-------1---5---6-------------------1-------1---5---6-----------|8---12----------------------8---12----------------------8---12--|
G|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------1---4---------------------------1---4---|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|
A|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|3-------------------3-----------3-------------------3-----------|
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---------------------------|

E|--------------------1---4-----------------------1---4-----------|1-----------------------1---4---1-----------------------1---4---|
A|3-----------1---3-----------3-----------1---3-----------3-------|1-------------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------|
D|0---0---3-------------------0---0---3-------------------0---0---|0-------0---3---5---------------0-------0---3---5---------------|
G|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|0---3---------------------------0---3---------------------------|

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