A Bhimpalasi (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: A C D E G

Notes coming down: A G F# E D C B

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

A|--5---7--10---------|
E|--3---5---8---------|
C|--0---2---4---------|
G|--0---2---5---7---9-|

Coming down

A|--5---7---9--10-----|
E|--2---3---5---7---8-|
C|--0---2---4---------|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

A|--7---9--10--12-|
E|--5---7---8--10-|
C|--2---4---6---7-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|-10--12--15---------|
E|--8--10--12---------|
C|--4---7---9---------|
G|--5---7---9--12--14-|

Coming down

A|--9--10--12--14--15-|
E|--7---8--10--12-----|
C|--4---6---7---9-----|
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	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
II	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 5`
II	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 2 2`
II	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 7 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	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 5`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 6 2 5`
IV	D	D F# A	`7 6 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#dim	F# A C	`2 0 2 0`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
VI	F#dim	F# A C	`2 0 x x`
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	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 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	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 0`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
IV	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 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	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 0 0 0`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 0`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 x`
VI	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 3`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
VII	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 2 2 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	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 0 2 2`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 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	D9	D F# A C E	`x 0 0 0`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`2 2 0 x`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 0 0`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`2 0 0 x`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 x`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 2 x`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`2 0 3 x`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 2 2 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 2 2 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Am – Bm – C – D – Em – F#dim – 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-------|2-------5-------2-------5-------2-------5-------2-------5-------|
C|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|2---6-----------2---6-----------2---6-----------2---6-----------|
G|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|

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-------|2---2---5-------2---2---5-------2---2---5-------2---2---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---|2-------3-------2-------3-------2-------3-------2-------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---2---5-------3---2---5-------3---2---5-------3---2---5-------|
C|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
G|0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|

Three Note Runs

Chords: Am – Bm – C – D – Em – F#dim – G

A|0-------------------------------------------------------2-------|2-------------------------------------------------------3-------|
E|0-------------------2-------2---3---2---3---5---3---5-------5---|2-------------------3-------3---5---3---5---7---5---7-------7---|
C|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------------------------------|
G|2---------------------------------------------------------------|4---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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