B Nahawand (Maqam) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: B C# 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|--2---4---5-|
E|--2---3---6-|
C|--1---2---4-|
G|--3---4---6-|

Coming down

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

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Fourth Position

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

Coming down

A|--5---7---9-|
E|--5---7---9-|
C|--4---6---7-|
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#dim	C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`0 1 x x`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`x 1 3 x`
II	C#dim	C# E G	`0 1 0 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	Em	E G B	`0 4 3 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`4 4 3 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`0 4 0 2`
IV	Em	E G B	`9 7 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	G B D	`0 2 3 2`
VI	G	G B D	`4 2 3 2`
VI	G	G B D	`7 7 7 5`
VI	G	G B D	`7 7 7 10`
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#m7b5	C# E G B	`0 1 0 2`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 1 0 2`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`0 1 3 2`
II	C#m7b5	C# E G B	`x 1 3 2`
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	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
IV	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 3 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	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
VI	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
VII	A#dim7	A# C# E G	`0 1 0 1`
VII	A#dim7	A# C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
VII	A#dim7	A# C# E G	`0 1 3 1`
VII	A#dim7	A# C# E G	`3 1 3 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#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
II	C#m7b5b9	C# E G B D	`x 2 3 2`
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	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
IV	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 x`
V	F#7b9	F# A# C# E G	`0 1 0 1`
V	F#7b9	F# A# C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
V	F#7b9	F# A# C# E G	`0 1 2 x`
V	F#7b9	F# A# C# E G	`3 1 3 x`
VI	Gmaj7#9	G B D F# A#	`0 2 2 1`
VI	Gmaj7#9	G B D F# A#	`x 2 2 1`
VI	Gmaj7#9	G B D F# A#	`x 2 3 1`
VI	Gmaj7#9	G B D F# A#	`3 2 2 2`
VII	A#dim7(b9)	A# C# E G B	`0 1 0 2`
VII	A#dim7(b9)	A# C# E G B	`x 1 0 2`
VII	A#dim7(b9)	A# C# E G B	`3 1 3 2`
VII	A#dim7(b9)	A# C# E G B	`x 1 3 2`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Bm – C#dim – Daug – Em – F# – G – A#dim

A|2-----------5---2-----------5---2-----------5---2-----------5---|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-------|
E|2-------6-------2-------6-------2-------6-------2-------6-------|0---3-------0---3-------0---3-------0---3-------0---3-------0---|
C|2---6-----------2---6-----------2---6-----------2---6-----------|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
G|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|

A|1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---|2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---|
E|2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------|3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|
C|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Bm – C#dim – Daug – Em – F# – G – A#dim

A|2-------------------------------------------------------4-------|--------------------1-------1---2---1---2---4---2---4---2---1---|
E|2-------------------3-------3---6---3---6---7---6---7-------7---|0---2---3---2---3-------3---------------------------------------|
C|2---4---6---4---6-------6---------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|0---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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