Ab Major 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 major scale is certainly the most important scale in music (at least for Western music) because it is used in many styles like Pop, Rock, Hard Rock, and Jazz. A large part of music theory and harmony in general is based on this scale and its construction.
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Diagram/Chart
Staff Line Notation
Scale details
- Type : Major (Ionian Mode)
- Number of notes : 7
- Formula : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
- Notes : A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G
- Intervals : W,W,H,W,W,W,H
- Degrees : A♭ (I - tonic), B♭ (II - supertonic), C (III - mediant), D♭ (IV - subdominant), E♭ (V - dominant), F (VI - submediant), G (VII - leading tone)
- Chords that fit
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Cm, C5, Csus4, C7sus4, Cm7, Db, Db5, Dbsus2, Db6, Dbmaj7, Dbadd9, Db-5, Eb, Eb5, Eb7, Ebsus4, Ebsus2, Eb7sus4, Eb6, Eb9, Ebadd9, Eb11, Eb13, Fm, F5, Fsus4, Fsus2, F7sus4, Fm7, Fm9, FM9, Gdim, Gm7/b5, Ab, Ab5, Absus4, Absus2, Ab6, Abmaj7, Abadd9, Bbm, Bb5, Bbsus4, Bbsus2, Bb7sus4, Bbm6, Bbm7, Bbm9, BbM9,
Scale Positions
You'll find below the 5 different positions/shapes of the Ab Major 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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