F Bhimpalasi (Raga) Mandolin Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: F Ab Bb C Eb

Notes coming down: F Eb D C Bb Ab G

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scales

Scale shapes

4NPS - Second Position

E|--8--11--13--16-|
A|--6---8--11--13-|
D|--3---6---8--10-|
G|--1---3---5---8-|

Coming down

E|--8--10--11--13--15--16-|
A|--5---6---8--10--11--13-|
D|--3---5---6---8--10-----|
G|--1---3---5---7---8-----|

4NPS - Third Position

E|-11--13--16--18-|
A|--8--11--13--15-|
D|--6---8--10--13-|
G|--3---5---8--10-|

Coming down

E|-10--11--13--15--16--18-|
A|--8--10--11--13--15-----|
D|--5---6---8--10--12--13-|
G|--3---5---7---8--10-----|

4NPS - Fourth Position

E|-13--16--18--20-|
A|-11--13--15--18-|
D|--8--10--13--15-|
G|--5---8--10--13-|

Coming down

E|-13--15--16--18--20-----|
A|-10--11--13--15--17--18-|
D|--8--10--12--13--15-----|
G|--5---7---8--10--12--13-|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 x`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 3 4`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`x 6 3 1`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`5 6 8 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x 0 1 3`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 x`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x 5 5 6`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 4`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 6 6 x`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 6 3 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 3 5 6`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 8 x`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`x 1 3 3`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 x`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 3 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 3 5 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 3 5 4`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 6 5 1`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`7 6 8 x`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 x`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 5 6 6`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 6 4`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 1 3 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 5 3 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 5 3 4`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 8 11 10`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 10 13 11`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 3 1`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 3 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 3 3 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 0 3 4`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 0 1 3`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 1 5 x`
VII	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 1 5 3`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 1 3 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 1 3 3`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 3 3 3`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 8 11 10`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 1 1 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 3`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`3 1 3 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 3 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 3 1`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 3 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 3 3 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`
V	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 0 1 3`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 3 x`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 1`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 1 3 4`
VI	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 1 5 x`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
VII	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 3 1 3`

Progressions

Crosspicking (Forward)

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

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

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

E|3-------------------------------|10------------------------------|
A|6-------6-----------6-----------|11------11----------11----------|
D|5---5-----------5-----------5---|12--12----------12----------12--|
G|5-----------5-----------5-------|10----------10----------10------|

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

Crosspicking (Reverse)

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

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

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

E|3-------------------------------|10------------------------------|
A|6-----------6-----------6-------|11----------11----------11------|
D|5---5-----------5-----------5---|12--12----------12----------12--|
G|5-------5-----------5-----------|10------10----------10----------|

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

Crosspicking 3-3-2 (Shuffler)

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

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

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

E|3-------3-----------3-----------|10------10----------10----------|
A|6---6-----------6-----------6---|11--11----------11----------11--|
D|5-----------5-----------5-------|12----------12----------12------|
G|5-------------------------------|10------------------------------|

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

Crosspicking (McReynolds 3-1-2)

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

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

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

E|3---3-----------3-----------3---|10--10----------10----------10--|
A|6-------6-----------6-----------|11------11----------11----------|
D|5-----------5-----------5-------|12----------12----------12------|
G|5-------------------------------|10------------------------------|

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

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