B Khamaj (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The B Khamaj (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# G# A#

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

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

A|--7---9--11-----|
E|--5---7---9--11-|
C|--4---6---8-----|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--9--11--13-----|
E|--7--11--12-----|
C|--6---8--10-----|
G|--8---9--11--13-|

Coming down

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

Exercises

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#dim	D# F# A	`x x 2 0`
III	D#dim	D# F# A	`2 3 2 0`
III	D#dim	D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
III	D#dim	D# F# A	`2 3 2 x`
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#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	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	B7	B D# F# A	`2 3 2 0`
I	B7	B D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
I	B7	B D# F# A	`2 3 2 2`
I	B7	B D# F# A	`2 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#m7b5	D# F# A C#	`2 1 2 0`
III	D#m7b5	D# F# A C#	`x 1 2 0`
III	D#m7b5	D# F# A C#	`2 1 2 x`
III	D#m7b5	D# F# A C#	`2 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#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#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	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	B9	B D# F# A C#	`x 1 2 0`
I	B9	B D# F# A C#	`2 1 2 2`
I	B9	B D# F# A C#	`2 1 2 x`
I	B9	B D# F# A C#	`x 1 2 2`
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#m7b5b9	D# F# A C# E	`x 1 0 0`
III	D#m7b5b9	D# F# A C# E	`2 1 0 x`
III	D#m7b5b9	D# F# A C# E	`2 3 0 x`
III	D#m7b5b9	D# F# A C# E	`x 3 0 0`
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#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#m7b9	G# B D# F# A	`1 3 2 0`
VI	G#m7b9	G# B D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
VI	G#m7b9	G# B D# F# A	`2 3 2 2`
VI	G#m7b9	G# B D# F# A	`2 3 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: B – C#m – D#dim – E – F#m – G#m – A

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

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

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

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: B – C#m – D#dim – E – F#m – G#m – A

A|2-------------------------------------------2-------2---4---2---|4-------------------------------------------------------6-------|
E|2-------2-------2---4---2---4---5---4---5-------5---------------|4-------------------5-------5---7---5---7---9---7---9-------9---|
C|3---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|4---6---8---6---8-------8---------------------------------------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|6---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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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