C Bhimpalasi (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: C Eb F G Bb

Notes coming down: C Bb A G F Eb D

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Second Position

A|--8--10--13---------|
E|--6---8--11---------|
C|--3---5---7---------|
G|--3---5---8--10--12-|

Coming down

A|--8--10--12--13-----|
E|--5---6---8--10--11-|
C|--3---5---7---------|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Third Position

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

Coming down

A|-10--12--13--15-|
E|--8--10--11--13-|
C|--5---7---9--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	Dm	D F A	`2 2 1 0`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 5`
II	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 8`
II	Dm	D F A	`10 9 5 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	F	F A C	`2 0 1 0`
IV	F	F A C	`5 5 5 3`
IV	F	F A C	`5 5 5 8`
IV	F	F A C	`5 9 5 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	Adim	A C Eb	`2 3 x x`
VI	Adim	A C Eb	`5 3 5 0`
VI	Adim	A C Eb	`2 3 5 3`
VI	Adim	A C Eb	`5 3 5 3`
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	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 0`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
II	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 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	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 0`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 1 0`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 3`
IV	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 x`
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	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 0 3 0`
VI	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 0`
VI	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 3`
VI	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 x`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 0`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
VII	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`

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	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 1 0`
II	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`2 3 1 3`
II	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`2 3 1 x`
II	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 1 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	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 0 1 x`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`2 0 3 x`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 0 3 0`
IV	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 3 1 0`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 2 1 0`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
V	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`2 0 3 1`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 0`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
VI	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 0 3 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 1`
VII	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Cm – Dm – Eb – F – Gm – Adim – Bb

A|3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---|0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---0-----------5---|
E|3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------|1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------|
C|3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
G|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Cm – Dm – Eb – F – Gm – Adim – Bb

A|3-------------------------------------------------------5-------|0-------------------------------------------1-------1---3---1---|
E|3-------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---8-------8---|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------|
C|3---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|2---3-------3---------------------------------------------------|
G|5---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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