E Harmonic Minor Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes: E F# G A B C D#

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Sixth Position

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

3NPS - Seventh Position

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

3NPS - First Position

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

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	Gaug	G B D#	`0 3 3 2`
III	Gaug	G B D#	`0 3 x x`
III	Gaug	G B D#	`x 3 3 2`
III	Gaug	G B D#	`x 3 3 x`
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	B	B D# F#	`4 3 2 2`
V	B	B D# F#	`4 6 7 6`
V	B	B D# F#	`8 6 7 6`
V	B	B D# F#	`11 11 11 9`
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#dim	D# F# A	`x x 2 0`
VII	D#dim	D# F# A	`2 3 2 0`
VII	D#dim	D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
VII	D#dim	D# F# A	`2 3 2 x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em(maj7)	E G B D#	`0 3 0 2`
I	Em(maj7)	E G B D#	`0 3 3 2`
I	Em(maj7)	E G B D#	`0 3 0 x`
I	Em(maj7)	E G B D#	`x 3 0 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#5	G B D# F#	`0 3 2 2`
III	Gmaj7#5	G B D# F#	`0 3 2 x`
III	Gmaj7#5	G B D# F#	`x 3 2 2`
III	Gmaj7#5	G B D# F#	`4 3 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	B7	B D# F# A	`2 3 2 0`
V	B7	B D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
V	B7	B D# F# A	`2 3 2 2`
V	B7	B D# F# A	`2 3 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	D#dim7	D# F# A C	`2 0 2 0`
VII	D#dim7	D# F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
VII	D#dim7	D# F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
VII	D#dim7	D# F# A C	`2 0 2 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em(maj9)	E G B D# F#	`0 3 2 2`
I	Em(maj9)	E G B D# F#	`0 3 2 x`
I	Em(maj9)	E G B D# F#	`x 3 2 2`
I	Em(maj9)	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#5	G B D# F# A	`0 3 2 0`
III	Gmaj9#5	G B D# F# A	`x 3 2 0`
III	Gmaj9#5	G B D# F# A	`x 3 3 0`
III	Gmaj9#5	G B D# F# A	`2 3 2 2`
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	B7b9	B D# F# A C	`2 0 2 2`
V	B7b9	B D# F# A C	`2 0 2 x`
V	B7b9	B D# F# A C	`x 0 2 0`
V	B7b9	B D# F# A C	`x 0 2 2`
VI	Cmaj7#9	C E G B D#	`0 3 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7#9	C E G B D#	`0 3 0 x`
VI	Cmaj7#9	C E G B D#	`x 3 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7#9	C E G B D#	`x 3 0 3`
VII	D#dim7(b9)	D# F# A C E	`x 0 0 0`
VII	D#dim7(b9)	D# F# A C E	`2 0 0 x`
VII	D#dim7(b9)	D# F# A C E	`2 3 0 3`
VII	D#dim7(b9)	D# F# A C E	`2 3 0 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Em – F#dim – Gaug – Am – B – C – D#dim

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-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---2-----------6---|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|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------0---4-----------|
G|0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Em – F#dim – Gaug – Am – B – C – D#dim

A|2-------------------------------2-------2---3---2---3---6---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---3---4---3---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|3---4-------4---------------------------------------------------|0---3---4---3---4-------4---------------------------------------|
G|0---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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