Reggae Minor Progression in G Minor for Mandolin

The G Minor scale on mandolin: the Reggae Minor 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`

Reggae Minor (i–iv–i–iv)

Chords: Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm

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

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

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`

Reggae Minor (i–iv–i–iv)

Chords: Gm7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – Cm7

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

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

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`

Reggae Minor (i–iv–i–iv)

Chords: Gm9 – Cm9 – Gm9 – Cm9

E|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
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|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|----------------------------3---5-------------------------------|
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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