C Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: C D F G Ab

Notes coming down: C Bb Ab G F Eb D

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

A|--5---8--10---------|
E|--3---4---8---------|
C|--0---2---5---------|
G|--0---1---5---7--10-|

Coming down

A|--5---6---8--10-|
E|--3---4---6---8-|
C|--0---2---3---5-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Second Position

A|--8--10--11-|
E|--4---8--10-|
C|--2---5---7-|
G|--5---7--10-|

Coming down

A|--8--10--11---------|
E|--4---6---8--10--11-|
C|--2---3---5---7-----|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

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

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 3 3`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 8 3`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 x x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 2 4 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 5`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 7 6 6`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 4 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 4 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 1 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`10 8 8 8`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`12 10 10 10`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 3`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 6`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 11`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`

Seventh Chords

Chords

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Progressions

Arpeggios

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

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

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

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

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

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

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

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