Diatonic Circle of Fifths Progression in F#/Gb Major for Mandolin

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

Notes: Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb F

Tuning: Standard (G D A E)

Scale

Scale shapes

4NPS - First Position

E|-11--13--15--16-|
A|-11--13--15--16-|
D|-11--13--14--16-|
G|-11--13--14--16-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 6`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 1 2 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`8 6 6 7`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 3 4 6`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`4 1 2 2`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`4 4 6 7`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`8 9 9 7`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`8 4 6 7`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`6 3 4 4`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 1 2`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`11 8 9 11`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 3 2 1`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`16 15 11 13`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Gb – B – Fdim – Bbm – Ebm – Abm – Db – Gb

E|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|2-----------------------2---6---2-----------------------2---6---|
A|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|2-----------1---2---6-----------2-----------1---2---6-----------|
D|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|1---1---4-----------------------1---1---4-----------------------|
G|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|4-------------------------------4-------------------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

E|2-----------------------1---4---6---2-----------------------1---|4---------------------------6---7---4---------------------------|
A|1---------------1---4---------------1---------------1---4-------|6-------------------6---9-----------6-------------------6---9---|
D|1-------3---6-----------------------1-------3---6---------------|6-------4---8---9-------------------6-------4---8---9-----------|
G|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|4---8-------------------------------4---8-----------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|2-------------------1---4---2-------------------1---4---2-------|
A|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|1-----------2---4-----------1-----------2---4-----------1-------|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|4---3---6-------------------4---3---6-------------------4---3---|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|6---------------------------6---------------------------6-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 1`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 4 6`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 1 2 2`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 4 6 7`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`8 4 6 7`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 6 9 7`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 1`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 4 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`3 3 4 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 6 8 9`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 6`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`8 8 9 11`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 6 4 7`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 6 8 7`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 9 8 7`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`6 9 8 9`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 4 6`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 4 4 2`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`6 4 1 2`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 4`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`13 13 14 11`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Gbmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Fm7b5 – Bbm7 – Ebm7 – Abm7 – Db7 – Gbmaj7

E|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|6-----------------------6---9---11--6-----------------------6---|
A|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|9---------------6---9---------------9---------------6---9-------|
D|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|8-------8---11----------------------8-------8---11--------------|
G|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|8---11------------------------------8---11----------------------|

E|4---------------------------2---4---4---------------------------|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|4-------------------2---6-----------4-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|6-----------------------4---7---9---6-----------------------4---|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|
D|4-------6---9-----------------------4-------6---9---------------|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|7-----------------------4---7---9---7-----------------------4---|1-----------------------1---4---6---1-----------------------1---|
A|4---------------4---8---------------4---------------4---8-------|4---------------1---4---------------4---------------1---4-------|
D|6-------6---9-----------------------6-------6---9---------------|3-------3---6-----------------------3-------3---6---------------|
G|6---10------------------------------6---10----------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 2`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 3 1 x`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 4 1 4`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x 3 1 4`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 x`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 1 1 2`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 1 1 2`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 1 2 2`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 11 14 13`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`13 11 14 13`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`4 1 4 x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 4 2`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 2`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 4 x`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 1`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 2 x`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 1 2 1`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 1 4 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 1 2`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 4 1`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 4 1 1`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 1 2 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 1 2 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 4 2 x`

Diatonic Circle of Fifths

Chords: Gbmaj9 – Bmaj9 – Fm7b5b9 – Bbm7b9 – Ebm9 – Abm9 – Db9 – Gbmaj9

E|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|------------------------2---6---------------------------2---6---|
A|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|4-----------1---2---6-----------4-----------1---2---6-----------|
D|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|1---1---4-----------------------1---1---4-----------------------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|4-------------------------------4-------------------------------|

E|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|13------------------13--16--13------------------13--16--13------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|14------11--14--16----------14------11--14--16----------14------|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|11--15----------------------11--15----------------------11--15--|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|1-------------------2---6---1-------------------2---6---1-------|----------------------------2---4-------------------------------|
A|1-------1---4---6-----------1-------1---4---6-----------1-------|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

E|1---------------------------2---4---1---------------------------|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
A|2-------------------2---6-----------2-------------------2---6---|1-------------------2---6-----------1-------------------2---6---|
D|1-------1---4---6-------------------1-------1---4---6-----------|3-------1---4---6-------------------3-------1---4---6-----------|
G|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

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