B Bhimpalasi (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: B D E F# A

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

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

A|--7---9--12---------|
E|--5---7--10---------|
C|--2---4---6---------|
G|--2---4---7---9--11-|

Coming down

A|--7---9--11--12-----|
E|--4---5---7---9--10-|
C|--2---4---6---------|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Fourth Position

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

Coming down

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

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
I	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 5`
I	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 2 2`
I	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 7 2`
II	C#m	C# E G#	`6 4 4 4`
II	C#m	C# E G#	`6 4 4 7`
II	C#m	C# E G#	`9 8 4 4`
II	C#m	C# E G#	`9 8 9 4`
III	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
III	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 5`
III	D	D F# A	`2 6 2 5`
III	D	D F# A	`7 6 5 5`
IV	E	E G# B	`4 4 4 2`
IV	E	E G# B	`4 4 4 7`
IV	E	E G# B	`4 8 4 7`
IV	E	E G# B	`9 8 7 7`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`2 6 5 4`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`6 6 5 4`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`2 6 2 4`
V	F#m	F# A C#	`11 9 9 9`
VI	G#dim	G# B D	`1 2 x x`
VI	G#dim	G# B D	`1 2 4 2`
VI	G#dim	G# B D	`4 2 4 2`
VI	G#dim	G# B D	`4 2 4 x`
VII	A	A C# E	`2 1 0 0`
VII	A	A C# E	`2 4 5 4`
VII	A	A C# E	`6 4 5 4`
VII	A	A C# E	`9 9 9 7`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
I	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 x`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`1 1 0 2`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 1 0 2`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`4 1 0 2`
II	C#m7	C# E G# B	`4 1 0 4`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`2 1 2 0`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 1 2 0`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`2 1 2 x`
III	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`2 1 2 4`
IV	E7	E G# B D	`1 2 0 2`
IV	E7	E G# B D	`1 2 0 x`
IV	E7	E G# B D	`x 2 0 2`
IV	E7	E G# B D	`4 2 0 2`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`x 1 0 0`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 1 0 0`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 1 0 x`
V	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 1 0 4`
VI	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`1 2 2 2`
VI	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`1 2 2 x`
VI	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
VI	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
VII	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`1 1 0 0`
VII	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`1 1 0 x`
VII	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`1 1 0 4`
VII	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`1 1 4 0`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 1 2 0`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 1 2 2`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`2 1 2 x`
I	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x 1 2 2`
II	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`1 2 0 2`
II	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`1 2 0 x`
II	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x 2 0 2`
II	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`4 2 0 4`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 1 0 0`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`2 2 0 x`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 2 0 0`
III	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`2 1 0 x`
IV	E9	E G# B D F#	`1 2 2 2`
IV	E9	E G# B D F#	`1 2 2 x`
IV	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
IV	E9	E G# B D F#	`1 4 2 x`
V	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`1 1 0 0`
V	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`1 1 0 x`
V	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`1 1 2 x`
V	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x 1 4 0`
VI	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`1 2 2 0`
VI	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
VI	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
VI	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`2 2 2 x`
VII	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`1 1 0 2`
VII	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x 1 0 2`
VII	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`4 1 4 0`
VII	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`4 1 0 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Bm – C#m – D – E – F#m – G#dim – A

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

A|0-------2---0-------2---0-------2---0-------2---0-------2---0---|2-----------7---2-----------7---2-----------7---2-----------7---|
E|2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---|4---4---7-------4---4---7-------4---4---7-------4---4---7-------|
C|2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|
G|2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Bm – C#m – D – E – F#m – G#dim – A

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

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

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

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

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