A Harmonic minor Ukulele Scale - Slack-key

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Slack-key Tuning (gCEG).
View this scale in: Standard Tuning (gCEA)G-Tuning (DGBE)D-Tuning (ADF#B)

The minor harmonic scale is a minor scale with a seventh major, and an interval of one and a half tones between the minor sixth and the major seventh. Instead of the Bb as the seventh, here we raise it to a B. This gives it the very recognizable sound of “middle eastern” music. In fact, this scale was once known as the Mohammedan scale.

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Diagram/Chart

Staff Line Notation

Scale details

  • Type : Harmonic minor
  • Number of notes : 7
  • Formula : 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7
  • Notes : A, B, C, D, E, F, A♭
  • Intervals : W,H,W,W,H,WH,H
  • Degrees : A (I - tonic), B (II - supertonic), C (III - mediant), D (IV - subdominant), E (V - dominant), F (VI - submediant), A♭ (VII - leading tone)

Scale Positions

You'll find below the 5 different positions/shapes of the A Harmonic minor Uke scale in Slack-key Tuning (gCEG), along with their ascending tab patterns.

Position #1

Position #2

Position #3

Position #4

Position #5

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