A Dorian Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: A B C D E F# G

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fifth Position

A|--4---5---7---9--11--12--14-|
E|--4---6---7---9-------------|
C|--7---8--10--12-------------|
G|--9--10--12--14-------------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

A|--7---9--11--12--14-|
E|--6---7---9--11-----|
C|--8--10--12--14-----|
G|-10--12--14--15-----|

4NPS - Seventh Position

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

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	`2 4 0 0`
I	Am	A C E	`2 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#	`4 6 2 2`
II	Bm	B D F#	`4 6 7 2`
III	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
III	C	C E G	`0 0 3 3`
III	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
III	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 5`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 2 5 5`
IV	D	D F# A	`2 6 2 5`
V	Em	E G B	`0 4 0 2`
V	Em	E G B	`0 4 3 2`
V	Em	E G B	`4 4 0 2`
V	Em	E G B	`4 4 3 2`
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	`0 2 3 5`
VII	G	G B D	`7 7 7 5`

Arpeggios

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

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

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

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

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

Walks

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

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

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

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

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

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	`2 0 3 2`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`4 0 3 0`
I	Am9	A C E G B	`4 4 3 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 0 2 2`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 2 2 3`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`4 0 2 0`
II	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`5 2 2 0`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 2 0 3`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 2 3 3`
III	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`4 0 0 5`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`2 2 0 3`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`2 4 2 3`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`5 2 0 0`
IV	D9	D F# A C E	`2 0 0 5`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 5`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`4 4 2 5`
V	Em9	E G B D F#	`4 6 0 5`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 4 2 0`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 4 2 3`
VI	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`2 4 3 3`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 2 2 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`4 2 2 0`
VII	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`4 6 3 0`

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