D Nahawand (Maqam) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: D E F G A Bb C#

Notes coming down: D C Bb A G F E

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Seventh Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - First Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Second Position

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

Coming down

A|--5---7---8-|
E|--5---6---8-|
C|--4---5---7-|
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	Faug	F A C#	`x 1 1 0`
III	Faug	F A C#	`x 1 1 x`
III	Faug	F A C#	`2 1 1 0`
III	Faug	F A C#	`2 1 1 x`
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	A	A C# E	`2 1 0 0`
V	A	A C# E	`2 4 5 4`
V	A	A C# E	`6 4 5 4`
V	A	A C# E	`9 9 9 7`
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#dim	C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`0 1 x x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`x 1 3 x`
VII	C#dim	C# E G	`0 1 0 4`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`x 1 1 0`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`2 1 1 0`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`2 1 1 x`
I	Dm(maj7)	D F A C#	`2 2 1 4`
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#5	F A C# E	`x 1 0 0`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`2 1 0 0`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`2 1 0 x`
III	Fmaj7#5	F A C# E	`2 1 0 4`
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	A7	A C# E G	`0 1 0 0`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
V	A7	A C# E G	`0 1 3 0`
V	A7	A C# E G	`2 1 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	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`0 1 0 1`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`x 1 0 1`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`0 1 3 1`
VII	C#dim7	C# E G Bb	`3 1 0 1`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x 1 0 0`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`2 2 0 x`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`x 2 0 0`
I	Dm(maj9)	D F A C# E	`2 1 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#5	F A C# E G	`0 1 0 0`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`0 1 0 x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`0 1 1 x`
III	Fmaj9#5	F A C# E G	`x 1 3 0`
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	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`0 1 0 1`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`x 1 0 1`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`3 1 3 0`
V	A7b9	A C# E G Bb	`3 1 0 x`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x 1 1 0`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`x 1 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`2 1 1 1`
VI	Bbmaj7#9	Bb D F A C#	`2 1 1 x`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`0 2 0 x`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`x 2 0 1`
VII	C#dim7(b9)	C# E G Bb D	`3 2 0 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Dm – Edim – Faug – Gm – A – Bb – C#dim

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Dm – Edim – Faug – Gm – A – Bb – C#dim

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

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

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

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

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