D#/Eb Nahawand (Maqam) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The D#/Eb Nahawand (Maqam) scale on ukulele (D sharp / E flat nahawand (maqam)): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: Eb F Gb Ab Bb B D

Notes coming down: Eb Db B Bb Ab Gb F

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Seventh Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - First Position

A|--5---6---8-----|
E|--4---6---7-----|
C|--3---5---6-----|
G|--3---4---7---8-|

Coming down

A|--4---6---8-|
E|--4---6---7-|
C|--3---5---6-|
G|------------|

3NPS - Second Position

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

Coming down

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

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 1`
I	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 6 6 6`
I	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`8 6 6 9`
I	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`11 10 6 6`
II	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 1 2`
II	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 4 2`
II	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 5 1 2`
II	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 5 4 2`
III	Gbaug	Gb Bb D	`x 2 2 1`
III	Gbaug	Gb Bb D	`x 2 2 x`
III	Gbaug	Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 1`
III	Gbaug	Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 x`
IV	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 8 7 6`
IV	Abm	Ab B Eb	`8 8 7 6`
IV	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 8 4 6`
IV	Abm	Ab B Eb	`13 11 11 11`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
V	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`
VI	B	B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 2`
VI	B	B Eb Gb	`4 6 7 6`
VI	B	B Eb Gb	`8 6 7 6`
VI	B	B Eb Gb	`11 11 11 9`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 x x`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 2 4 x`
VII	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 5`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebm(maj7)	Eb Gb Bb D	`x 2 2 1`
I	Ebm(maj7)	Eb Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 1`
I	Ebm(maj7)	Eb Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 x`
I	Ebm(maj7)	Eb Gb Bb D	`3 3 2 5`
II	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 2`
II	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 x`
II	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 2`
II	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`1 3 4 2`
III	Gbmaj7#5	Gb Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
III	Gbmaj7#5	Gb Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
III	Gbmaj7#5	Gb Bb D F	`3 2 1 x`
III	Gbmaj7#5	Gb Bb D F	`3 2 1 5`
IV	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 2`
IV	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
IV	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
IV	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 2`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 4 1`
V	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 2 4 1`
VI	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 1`
VI	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 2 1`
VI	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 2`
VI	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 x`
VII	Ddim7	D F Ab B	`1 2 1 2`
VII	Ddim7	D F Ab B	`x 2 1 2`
VII	Ddim7	D F Ab B	`1 2 4 2`
VII	Ddim7	D F Ab B	`4 2 1 2`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Ebm(maj9)	Eb Gb Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
I	Ebm(maj9)	Eb Gb Bb D F	`3 3 1 x`
I	Ebm(maj9)	Eb Gb Bb D F	`x 3 1 1`
I	Ebm(maj9)	Eb Gb Bb D F	`3 2 1 x`
II	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 2`
II	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`1 3 2 x`
II	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x 3 2 2`
II	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 3 2 x`
III	Gbmaj9#5	Gb Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
III	Gbmaj9#5	Gb Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
III	Gbmaj9#5	Gb Bb D F Ab	`1 2 2 x`
III	Gbmaj9#5	Gb Bb D F Ab	`x 2 4 1`
IV	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`1 3 2 1`
IV	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 2 1`
IV	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 2`
IV	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`3 3 2 x`
V	Bb7b9	Bb D F Ab B	`1 2 1 2`
V	Bb7b9	Bb D F Ab B	`x 2 1 2`
V	Bb7b9	Bb D F Ab B	`4 2 4 1`
V	Bb7b9	Bb D F Ab B	`4 2 1 x`
VI	Bmaj7#9	B Eb Gb Bb D	`x 2 2 1`
VI	Bmaj7#9	B Eb Gb Bb D	`x 2 2 2`
VI	Bmaj7#9	B Eb Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 2`
VI	Bmaj7#9	B Eb Gb Bb D	`3 2 2 x`
VII	Ddim7(b9)	D F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 2`
VII	Ddim7(b9)	D F Ab B Eb	`1 3 1 x`
VII	Ddim7(b9)	D F Ab B Eb	`x 3 1 2`
VII	Ddim7(b9)	D F Ab B Eb	`4 3 1 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Ebm – Fdim – Gbaug – Abm – Bb – B – Ddim

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

A|1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1---|6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6---|
E|2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---4-------2---|7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---|
C|2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------4---|

A|1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1-------2---1---|2-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---|
E|1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---4-------1---|2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------2---2---6-------|
C|2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
G|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Ebm – Fdim – Gbaug – Abm – Bb – B – Ddim

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

A|1-------------------1-------1---2---1---2---5---2---5---2---1---|6-------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---8---6---5---|
E|2---2---4---2---4-------4---------------------------------------|7---6---7---6---7-------7---------------------------------------|
C|2---------------------------------------------------------------|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|4---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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