A Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The A Asavari (Raga) scale on ukulele: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: A B D E F

Notes coming down: A G F E D C B

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Third Position

A|--7---8--12---------|
E|--5---7--10---------|
C|--2---4---5---------|
G|--2---4---7---9--10-|

Coming down

A|--7---8--10--12-|
E|--5---7---8--10-|
C|--2---4---5---7-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--8--12--14---------|
E|--7--10--12---------|
C|--4---5---9---------|
G|--4---7---9--10--14-|

Coming down

A|--8--10--12--14-|
E|--7---8--10--12-|
C|--4---5---7---9-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fifth Position

A|-12--14---------|
E|-10--12--13-----|
C|--5---9--11-----|
G|--7---9--10--14-|

Coming down

A|-12--14-------------|
E|-10--12--13--15-----|
C|--5---7---9--11--12-|
G|--------------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 0`
I	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 3`
I	Am	A C E	`5 4 0 0`
I	Am	A C E	`5 4 5 0`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 1 2`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x 2 1 x`
II	Bdim	B D F	`x x 1 2`
II	Bdim	B D F	`4 2 1 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
III	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
III	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`5 7 8 7`
IV	Dm	D F A	`2 2 1 0`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 5`
IV	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 8`
IV	Dm	D F A	`10 9 5 5`
V	Em	E G B	`0 4 3 2`
V	Em	E G B	`4 4 3 2`
V	Em	E G B	`0 4 0 2`
V	Em	E G B	`9 7 7 7`
VI	F	F A C	`2 0 1 0`
VI	F	F A C	`5 5 5 3`
VI	F	F A C	`5 5 5 8`
VI	F	F A C	`5 9 5 8`
VII	G	G B D	`0 2 3 2`
VII	G	G B D	`4 2 3 2`
VII	G	G B D	`7 7 7 5`
VII	G	G B D	`7 7 7 10`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 3`
I	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 3 0`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 0`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`x 2 1 0`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 2`
II	Bm7b5	B D F A	`2 2 1 x`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 3 2`
III	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 3 2`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 0`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
IV	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 3`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
V	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
V	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 3 2`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 0`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
VI	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 3`
VII	G7	G B D F	`0 2 1 2`
VII	G7	G B D F	`0 2 1 x`
VII	G7	G B D F	`x 2 1 2`
VII	G7	G B D F	`4 2 1 2`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Am9	A C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`2 0 3 2`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 3 2`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 1 2`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
II	Bm7b5b9	B D F A C	`x 0 1 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 3`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 2 0 x`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 0`
IV	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 1 2`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 2 1 x`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`x 2 1 2`
V	Em7b9	E G B D F	`0 4 1 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 1 x`
VI	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`2 0 3 x`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`0 2 1 0`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`x 2 1 0`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`2 2 1 2`
VII	G9	G B D F A	`2 2 1 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Am – Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G

A|0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---|2-----------5---2-----------5---2-----------5---2-----------5---|
E|0-------3-------0-------3-------0-------3-------0-------3-------|1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------|
C|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
G|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---|
E|0-------3-------0-------3-------0-------3-------0-------3-------|1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------|
C|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
G|0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|

A|2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---|0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---|
E|3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|1-------3-------1-------3-------1-------3-------1-------3-------|
C|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4---|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|
G|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Am – Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G

A|0-------------------------------------------------------2-------|2-------------------------------------------2-------2---3---2---|
E|0-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------|
C|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|2---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|
G|2---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|3-------------------------------------------------------2-------|0-------------------------------------------2-------2---3---2---|
E|0-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------|
C|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|2---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|2-------------------------------2-------2---3---2---3---5---3---|0-------------------------------------------------------2-------|
E|3---1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------|1-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|
C|4---------------------------------------------------------------|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|2-------------------------------------------2-------2---3---2---|
E|3-------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------|
C|2---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------------------------------------------|

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