D Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: D E G A Bb

Notes coming down: D C Bb A G F E

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - First Position

A|--7--10--12---------|
E|--5---6--10---------|
C|--2---4---7---------|
G|--2---3---7---9--12-|

Coming down

A|--7---8--10--12-|
E|--5---6---8--10-|
C|--2---4---5---7-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Second Position

A|-10--12--13-|
E|--6--10--12-|
C|--4---7---9-|
G|--7---9--12-|

Coming down

A|-10--12--13---------|
E|--6---8--10--12--13-|
C|--4---5---7---9-----|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - Third Position

A|-12--13-------------|
E|-10--12--15---------|
C|--7---9--10---------|
G|--7---9--12--14--15-|

Coming down

A|-12--13---------|
E|-10--12--13--15-|
C|--7---9--10--12-|
G|----------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm	D F A	`2 2 1 0`
I	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 5`
I	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 8`
I	Dm	D F A	`10 9 5 5`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 0 1`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 3 1`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`0 4 0 1`
II	Edim	E G Bb	`0 4 3 1`
III	F	F A C	`2 0 1 0`
III	F	F A C	`5 5 5 3`
III	F	F A C	`5 5 5 8`
III	F	F A C	`5 9 5 8`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`12 10 10 10`
V	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 0`
V	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 3`
V	Am	A C E	`5 4 0 0`
V	Am	A C E	`5 4 5 0`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
VI	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`
VII	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
VII	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
VII	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
VII	C	C E G	`5 7 8 7`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 0`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
I	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 3`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 x`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 2 0 1`
II	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 0`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
III	Fmaj7	F A C E	`2 0 0 3`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
IV	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 3`
V	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 3 0`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 0`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`0 0 0 1`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`x 0 0 1`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
VII	C7	C E G Bb	`3 0 0 1`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 0 0 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 2 0 x`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`x 2 0 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 0 x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 2 1 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 1 x`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`2 0 3 x`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 2 1 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 0 0 1`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 0 0 1`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`2 0 3 1`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`3 0 3 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 0 x`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 2 0 1`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 2 0 3`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

A|0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---0-----------3---|5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---|
E|1-------3-------1-------3-------1-------3-------1-------3-------|6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---|
C|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7---|
G|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Dm – Edim – F – Gm – Am – Bb – C

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

A|0-------------------------------------------------------1-------|5-------------------3-------3---5---3---5---7---5---7---5---3---|
E|1-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|6---5---6---5---6-------6---------------------------------------|
C|0---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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