Aeolian Rock Progression in G Minor for Mandolin

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

Notes: G A Bb C D Eb F

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|-12--14--15--17-|
A|-12--13--15--17-|
D|-12--13--15--17-|
G|-11--13--15--17-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`3 0 1 3`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`7 5 5 6`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`5 7 6 5`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`8 7 3 5`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`3 0 1 1`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`7 8 8 6`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 5 6 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 10 10 8`
V	Dm	D F A	`2 0 0 1`
V	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 5`
V	Dm	D F A	`7 7 8 10`
V	Dm	D F A	`10 7 8 10`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
VII	F	F A C	`5 3 0 1`
VII	F	F A C	`5 3 3 5`
VII	F	F A C	`2 3 3 1`
VII	F	F A C	`2 3 3 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm – Eb – F – Gm

E|3---------------------------5---6---3---------------------------|3-----------------------1---5---6---3-----------------------1---|
A|5-------------------5---8-----------5-------------------5---8---|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|5-------3---7---8-------------------5-------3---7---8-----------|1-------3---7-----------------------1-------3---7---------------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

E|1-------------------1---5---1-------------------1---5---1-------|3---------------------------5---6---3---------------------------|
A|0-----------1---3-----------0-----------1---3-----------0-------|5-------------------5---8-----------5-------------------5---8---|
D|3---1---5-------------------3---1---5-------------------3---1---|5-------3---7---8-------------------5-------3---7---8-----------|
G|5---------------------------5---------------------------5-------|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 3 5 6`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`7 3 5 6`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 5 8 6`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 3`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`5 5 6 8`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 1 1 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 5 6 6`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`5 5 6 6`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 3 5`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`2 3 3 1`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`5 3 0 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`5 3 6 5`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 6 5`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 3 8`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`8 3 6 5`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – Gm7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 x`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 0 0 1`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 0 0 1`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 0 1 1`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`0 1 1 x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`2 1 1 x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 0 3`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 1 0 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 3 x`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 3 1`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 1`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 3 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 3`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 x`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 6 5`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`5 3 6 5`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 1 1 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 0 1`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 1 0 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 3 0 3`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 1 0 3`

Aeolian Rock (i–♭VI–♭VII–i)

Chords: Gm9 – Ebmaj9 – F9 – Gm9

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

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

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