Motown Progression in G#/Ab Major for Ukulele

The G#/Ab Major scale on ukulele (G sharp / A flat major): the Motown progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

A|--8--10--12--13-|
E|--8--10--12-----|
C|--9--11--13-----|
G|-10--11--13-----|

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	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 3 3`
III	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 8 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	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
V	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 7 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	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 1 x x`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 1 3 1`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 1 3 1`
VII	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Ab – Db – Bbm – Eb

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 3`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 3`
I	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 3 3 3`
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	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 1`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 3`
III	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 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	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 1`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 1`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`
V	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 1`
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	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 x`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`3 1 1 1`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Abmaj7 – Dbmaj7 – Bbm7 – Eb7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 0 3 1`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 0 3 1`
I	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 3 3 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	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 3`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 1`
III	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 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	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 1`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 x`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
V	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 3 1 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 0 1 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 3`
VI	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 x`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 1`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 x`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 3 x`
VII	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 1 4 x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Abmaj9 – Dbmaj9 – Bbm9 – Eb9

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

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

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