A#/Bb Mixolydian Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The A#/Bb Mixolydian scale on ukulele (A sharp / B flat mixolydian): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Bb C D Eb F G Ab

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Fifth Position

A|--5---7---8--10--12--13--15-|
E|--5---7---8--10-------------|
C|--8--10--11--13-------------|
G|-10--11--13--15-------------|

4NPS - Sixth Position

A|--7---8--10--12--13--15-|
E|--7---8--10--12---------|
C|-10--11--13--15---------|
G|-11--13--15-------------|

4NPS - Seventh Position

A|--8--10--12--13--15-|
E|--8--10--12--14-----|
C|-11--13--15---------|
G|-13--15-------------|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 8`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 7 3 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 7 8 3`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 x x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 4 x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 2 4 x`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 6 6`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 1 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 4 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 1 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 4 3`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 3 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 3`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 6`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 6`

Arpeggios

Chords: Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab

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

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

A|3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3-------3-----------3---|5-------5---8---6---------------5-------5---8---6---------------|
E|1---4-------4---1---1---4-------4---1---1---4-------4---1---1---|6---6---------------8---4-------6---6---------------8---4-------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|7---------------------------7---7---------------------------7---|
G|1-------------------1-------------------1-------------------1---|12------------------------------12------------------------------|

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

Walks

Chords: Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab

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

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

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 4 1`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 2 4 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 3`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 3`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 2 1 3`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 2 1 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 3 3 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 2 1 3`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 2 4 3`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 5`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 3`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 0 3 5`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`5 2 3 1`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 3 3 5`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`5 3 1 5`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 5`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 0 1 6`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 5`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`3 3 1 5`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`3 5 3 5`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 3`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 3 3`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 4 3`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 5 4 6`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 5 4 1`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 5 4 5`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 5 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 0 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 3 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 3`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`0 0 4 1`

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