D Minor Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: D E F G A Bb C

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

4NPS - Second Position

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

4NPS - Third Position

A|--5---7---9--10--12--14--15-|
E|--5---7---9--10-------------|
C|--8--10--12--13-------------|
G|-10--12--13--15-------------|

4NPS - Fourth Position

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

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	`7 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 5 8 8`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 3 5`
IV	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
V	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 0`
V	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 3`
V	Am	A C E	`2 4 0 0`
V	Am	A C E	`2 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	`3 5 6 8`
VII	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
VII	C	C E G	`0 0 3 3`
VII	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
VII	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`

Arpeggios

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

A|5-----------3---5---1---------------5-----------3---5---1-------|1-------1---5---3---------------1-------1---5---3---------------|
E|1---1---5---------------5---1-------1---1---5---------------5---|3---3---------------5---1-------3---3---------------5---1-------|
C|2-------------------------------2---2---------------------------|4---------------------------4---4---------------------------4---|
G|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|9-------------------------------9-------------------------------|

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

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

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

Walks

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

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

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

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

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

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	`2 2 0 3`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 4 1 3`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`5 2 0 0`
I	Dm9	D F A C E	`2 0 0 5`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 4 1 5`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 5 0 5`
II	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 5 0 5`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 4 1 0`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`0 4 1 3`
III	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`2 4 3 3`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 2 1 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 2 1 0`
IV	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 5 5 1`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`0 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`
V	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`3 4 3 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`3 0 1 0`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 2 1 3`
VI	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`5 2 1 0`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 2 0 3`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 2 3 3`
VII	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 0 0 5`

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