B Melodic Minor Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The B Melodic Minor scale on ukulele: scale shapes, chords and progressions, 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)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

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

3NPS - Third Position

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

3NPS - Fourth Position

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

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	Daug	D F# A#	`x 2 2 1`
III	Daug	D F# A#	`x x 2 1`
III	Daug	D F# A#	`3 2 2 1`
III	Daug	D F# A#	`3 2 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#	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#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#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`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm(maj7)	B D F# A#	`x 2 2 1`
I	Bm(maj7)	B D F# A#	`3 2 2 1`
I	Bm(maj7)	B D F# A#	`3 2 2 2`
I	Bm(maj7)	B D F# A#	`3 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#5	D F# A# C#	`x 1 2 1`
III	Dmaj7#5	D F# A# C#	`3 1 2 1`
III	Dmaj7#5	D F# A# C#	`3 1 2 x`
III	Dmaj7#5	D F# A# C#	`3 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#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#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	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`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bm(maj9)	B D F# A# C#	`x 1 2 1`
I	Bm(maj9)	B D F# A# C#	`x 1 2 2`
I	Bm(maj9)	B D F# A# C#	`3 1 2 2`
I	Bm(maj9)	B D F# A# C#	`3 1 2 x`
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#5	D F# A# C# E	`x 1 0 1`
III	Dmaj9#5	D F# A# C# E	`x 2 0 1`
III	Dmaj9#5	D F# A# C# E	`3 2 0 x`
III	Dmaj9#5	D F# A# C# E	`3 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#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#m9b5	G# B D F# A#	`1 2 2 1`
VI	G#m9b5	G# B D F# A#	`x 2 2 1`
VI	G#m9b5	G# B D F# A#	`3 2 2 2`
VI	G#m9b5	G# B D F# A#	`3 2 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`

Progressions

Arpeggios

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

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

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

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

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

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

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