Bluegrass I–IV–V Progression in B Major for Ukulele

The B Major scale on ukulele: the Bluegrass I–IV–V progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

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

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scale

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

A|-11--13--15-|
E|-11--13--15-|
C|-12--14-----|
G|-13--14-----|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	B	B D# F#	`4 3 2 2`
I	B	B D# F#	`4 6 7 6`
I	B	B D# F#	`8 6 7 6`
I	B	B D# F#	`11 11 11 9`
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#m	D# F# A#	`3 3 2 1`
III	D#m	D# F# A#	`8 6 6 6`
III	D#m	D# F# A#	`8 6 6 9`
III	D#m	D# F# A#	`11 10 6 6`
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#	F# A# C#	`3 1 2 1`
V	F#	F# A# C#	`6 6 6 4`
V	F#	F# A# C#	`6 6 6 9`
V	F#	F# A# C#	`6 10 6 9`
VI	G#m	G# B D#	`4 8 7 6`
VI	G#m	G# B D#	`8 8 7 6`
VI	G#m	G# B D#	`4 8 4 6`
VI	G#m	G# B D#	`13 11 11 11`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 1 0 1`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x 1 0 x`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`x x 0 1`
VII	A#dim	A# C# E	`3 1 0 1`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: B – B – E – B – B – B – F# – B

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

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

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`3 3 2 1`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`x 3 2 1`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`3 3 2 2`
I	Bmaj7	B D# F# A#	`3 3 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	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`x 1 2 1`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`3 1 2 1`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`3 1 2 x`
III	D#m7	D# F# A# C#	`3 1 2 4`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`1 3 0 2`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`1 3 0 x`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`x 3 0 2`
IV	Emaj7	E G# B D#	`4 3 0 2`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`x 1 0 1`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`3 1 0 1`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`3 1 0 x`
V	F#7	F# A# C# E	`3 1 0 4`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`1 3 2 2`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`1 3 2 x`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`x 3 2 2`
VI	G#m7	G# B D# F#	`4 3 2 2`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`1 1 0 1`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`1 1 0 x`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`1 1 0 4`
VII	A#m7b5	A# C# E G#	`1 4 0 1`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: Bmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Emaj7 – Bmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Bmaj7 – F#7 – Bmaj7

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

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

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 2 1`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`x 1 2 2`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`3 1 2 2`
I	Bmaj9	B D# F# A# C#	`3 1 2 x`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`1 3 0 2`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`1 3 0 x`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`x 3 0 2`
II	C#m9	C# E G# B D#	`4 3 0 4`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 1 0 1`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`3 3 0 x`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`x 3 0 1`
III	D#m7b9	D# F# A# C# E	`3 1 0 x`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`1 3 2 2`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`1 3 2 x`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`x 3 2 2`
IV	Emaj9	E G# B D# F#	`1 4 2 x`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`1 1 0 1`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`1 1 0 x`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`1 1 2 x`
V	F#9	F# A# C# E G#	`3 1 4 x`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`1 3 2 1`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`x 3 2 1`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`3 3 2 2`
VI	G#m9	G# B D# F# A#	`3 3 2 x`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`1 1 0 2`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`x 1 0 2`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`4 1 0 x`
VII	A#m7b5b9	A# C# E G# B	`3 1 4 2`

Bluegrass I–IV–V (I–I–IV–I–I–I–V–I)

Chords: Bmaj9 – Bmaj9 – Emaj9 – Bmaj9 – Bmaj9 – Bmaj9 – F#9 – Bmaj9

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

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

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

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

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