G#/Ab Bhimpalasi (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The G#/Ab Bhimpalasi (Raga) scale on ukulele (G sharp / A flat bhimpalasi (raga)): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: Ab B Db Eb Gb

Notes coming down: Ab Gb F Eb Db B Bb

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Third Position

A|--6---9--11---------|
E|--4---7---9---------|
C|--1---3---6---------|
G|--1---4---6---8--11-|

Coming down

A|--6---8---9--11-|
E|--4---6---7---9-|
C|--1---3---5---6-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--9--11--14---------|
E|--7---9--11---------|
C|--3---6---8---------|
G|--4---6---8--11--13-|

Coming down

A|--8---9--11--13--14-|
E|--6---7---9--11-----|
C|--3---5---6---8-----|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Fifth Position

A|-11--14---------|
E|--9--11--14-----|
C|--6---8--11-----|
G|--6---8--11--13-|

Coming down

A|-11--13--14-----|
E|--9--11--13--14-|
C|--6---8--10--11-|
G|----------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 8 7 6`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`8 8 7 6`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 8 4 6`
I	Abm	Ab B Eb	`13 11 11 11`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 1 1 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 1 1 4`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 5 1 1`
II	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 5 6 1`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 2`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`4 6 7 6`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`8 6 7 6`
III	B	B Eb Gb	`11 11 11 9`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`1 1 1 4`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`1 5 1 4`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`6 5 4 4`
IV	Db	Db F Ab	`6 8 9 8`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 1`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 6 6 6`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 6 6 9`
V	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`11 10 6 6`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 2`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 4 2`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 5 1 2`
VI	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 5 4 2`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 1`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 6 6 4`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 6 6 9`
VII	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`6 10 6 9`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 2`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
I	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 2`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 1`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 x`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 4`
II	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 4 1`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 1`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 2 1`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 2`
III	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 x`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`1 1 1 2`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 1 1 2`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`1 1 4 2`
IV	Db7	Db F Ab B	`4 1 1 2`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 2 1`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 1`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 x`
V	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 4`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 2`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 x`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 2`
VI	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 4 2`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 1 1 1`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 1 1 x`
VII	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`3 1 1 4`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 3 2 1`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 2 1`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 2`
I	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 x`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`1 1 1 2`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 1 1 2`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`3 1 4 2`
II	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`4 1 4 1`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 2 1`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 2 2`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 2`
III	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 x`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 2`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 x`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 2`
IV	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`4 3 1 4`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`3 3 1 x`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`x 3 1 1`
V	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`3 1 1 x`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 2`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
VI	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 1`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 2 x`
VII	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`3 1 4 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Abm – Bbm – B – Db – Ebm – Fdim – Gb

A|6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---|1-----------4---1-----------4---1-----------4---1-----------4---|
E|7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---|1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------|
C|8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8---|1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------|
G|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4---|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|

A|2-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---|4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---|
E|2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------|1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------1-------4-------|
C|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------1---5-----------|
G|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|

A|1-----------6---1-----------6---1-----------6---1-----------6---|2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---|
E|2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------|1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---|
C|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Abm – Bbm – B – Db – Ebm – Fdim – Gb

A|6-------------------4-------4---6---4---6---8---6---8---6---4---|1-------------------------------------------------------2-------|
E|7---6---7---6---7-------7---------------------------------------|1-------------------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---|
C|8---------------------------------------------------------------|1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------------------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|2-------------------------------------------2-------2---4---2---|4-------------------------------------------------------2-------|
E|2-------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------|1-------------------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---|
C|3---5-------5---------------------------------------------------|1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------------------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|1-------------------------------------------2-------2---4---2---|2-------------------------------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---|
E|2-------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------|1---2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------------------|
C|3---5-------5---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|1-------------------------------------------------------2-------|
E|2-------------------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---|
C|1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------------------|
G|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

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