Celtic Dorian Progression in G Dorian for Mandolin

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

Notes: G A Bb C D E F

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

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

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	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 0`
II	Am	A C E	`2 2 3 5`
II	Am	A C E	`5 2 3 5`
II	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 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	C	C E G	`0 2 3 0`
IV	C	C E G	`0 2 3 3`
IV	C	C E G	`5 2 3 3`
IV	C	C E G	`5 5 7 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	Edim	E G Bb	`0 2 1 0`
VI	Edim	E G Bb	`15 14 10 12`
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`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm – F – Gm – C

E|3---------------------------5---6---3---------------------------|1-------------------0---3---1-------------------0---3---1-------|
A|5-------------------5---8-----------5-------------------5---8---|0-----------1---3-----------0-----------1---3-----------0-------|
D|5-------3---7---8-------------------5-------3---7---8-----------|3---2---5-------------------3---2---5-------------------3---2---|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|5---------------------------5---------------------------5-------|

E|3---------------------------5---6---3---------------------------|0---------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
A|5-------------------5---8-----------5-------------------5---8---|3-------------------1---5-----------3-------------------1---5---|
D|5-------3---7---8-------------------5-------3---7---8-----------|2-------0---3---5-------------------2-------0---3---5-----------|
G|3---7-------------------------------3---7-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

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	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 0`
II	Am7	A C E G	`0 2 3 3`
II	Am7	A C E G	`2 2 3 3`
II	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 7 8`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 5`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`7 7 8 10`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 3 6`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`5 5 7 6`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 6`
IV	C7	C E G Bb	`5 8 7 8`
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	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 0 1 3`
VI	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`12 12 13 10`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 0`
VII	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 2 3 5`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – C7

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

E|1---------------------------1---3---1---------------------------|6-----------------------3---6---8---6-----------------------3---|
A|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|3---------------3---7---------------3---------------3---7-------|
D|0-------0---3---5-------------------0-------0---3---5-----------|5-------5---8-----------------------5-------5---8---------------|
G|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|5---9-------------------------------5---9-----------------------|

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	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 10 13 12`
II	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`12 10 13 12`
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	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 0`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 1 x`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 0 1 0`
IV	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 0 3 x`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 1`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 3 0`
V	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 3 0 0`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 0 1 1`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 0 1 1`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
VI	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 1`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 2 0 x`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 3 0 3`
VII	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x 2 0 3`

Celtic Dorian (i–♭VII–i–IV)

Chords: Gm9 – Fmaj9 – Gm9 – C9

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

E|----------------------------1---3-------------------------------|0---------------------------1---3---0---------------------------|
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-----------------------|

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