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

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

Notes going up: Ab C Db Eb F G

Notes coming down: Ab Gb F Eb Db C Bb

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

A|--3---4---6-----|
E|--1---3---4-----|
C|--0---1---3-----|
G|--0---1---5---6-|

Coming down

A|--3---4---6-----|
E|--1---2---4---6-|
C|--0---1---3-----|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--6---8--10-----|
E|--4---8---9-----|
C|--3---5---7-----|
G|--5---6---8--10-|

Coming down

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

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 3`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 6`
I	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 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	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 0 2 x`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 2 3`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 2 x`
III	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 2 3`
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	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 4 3`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 4 3`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 1 3`
VI	Fm	F Ab C	`10 8 8 8`
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	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 0 2 x`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 0 2 3`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 3 2 3`
I	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
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	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 0 2 1`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`3 0 2 1`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`3 0 2 3`
III	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`3 0 2 x`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 1 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 1 1 3`
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	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
VI	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
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	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`1 0 2 1`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 0 2 1`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`3 0 2 x`
I	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`1 3 2 1`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 1`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 0 1 1`
II	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 0 1 x`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 2 1`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 3`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`3 1 2 x`
III	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 1 2 3`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
IV	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 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	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`1 0 2 x`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`1 3 2 3`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
VI	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x 3 2 3`
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: Ab – Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb

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

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

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

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: Ab – Bbm – Cdim – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb

A|3-------------------------------------------3-------3---4---3---|1-------------------------------------------------------3-------|
E|4-------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|1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------1-------|4-------------------------------------------------------3-------|
E|2-------------------1-------1---2---1---2---4---2---4-------4---|1-------------------2-------2---4---2---4---6---4---6-------6---|
C|0---1---3---1---3-------3---------------------------------------|1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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