E Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: E F# A B C

Notes coming down: E D C B A G F#

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Fifth Position

A|--7---9--12---------|
E|--5---7---8---------|
C|--0---4---6---------|
G|--2---4---5---9--11-|

Coming down

A|--7---9--10--12-----|
E|--5---7---8--10-----|
C|--0---2---4---6---7-|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - First Position

A|--9--12--14---------|
E|--7---8--12---------|
C|--4---6---9---------|
G|--4---5---9--11--14-|

Coming down

A|--9--10--12--14-|
E|--7---8--10--12-|
C|--4---6---7---9-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Second Position

A|-12--14--15-|
E|--8--12--14-|
C|--6---9--11-|
G|--9--11--14-|

Coming down

A|-12--14--15---------|
E|--8--10--12--14--15-|
C|--6---7---9--11-----|
G|--------------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 4 3 2`
I	Em	E G B	`4 4 3 2`
I	Em	E G B	`0 4 0 2`
I	Em	E G B	`9 7 7 7`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`2 0 2 0`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`2 0 x x`
III	G	G B D	`0 2 3 2`
III	G	G B D	`4 2 3 2`
III	G	G B D	`7 7 7 5`
III	G	G B D	`7 7 7 10`
IV	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`2 0 0 3`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 4 0 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 4 5 0`
V	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`4 2 2 5`
V	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 2 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`7 6 7 2`
VI	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
VI	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
VI	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
VI	C	C E G	`5 7 8 7`
VII	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
VII	D	D F# A	`2 2 2 5`
VII	D	D F# A	`2 6 2 5`
VII	D	D F# A	`7 6 5 5`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 3 2`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 0 0 0`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 0`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 x`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`2 0 0 3`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`4 2 2 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 0 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`0 0 3 0`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 0`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`2 2 2 x`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`0 0 3 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 0 3 2`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 0`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`2 0 2 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 2`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 2 x`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`x 2 2 2`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 4 2 x`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 0 0`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 0 x`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`0 0 2 x`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`2 0 3 x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`0 2 2 0`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 2 2 0`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 2 2 2`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`2 2 2 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`0 0 0 2`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 0 2`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`2 0 3 2`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x 0 3 2`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 0 2 2`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 0 2 2`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 2`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`0 2 0 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 2`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 2 0 3`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 0 0 0`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`2 2 0 x`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 2 0 0`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`2 0 0 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Em – F#dim – G – Am – Bm – C – D

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Em – F#dim – G – Am – Bm – C – D

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

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

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

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

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