F Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: F G Bb C Db

Notes coming down: F Eb Db C Bb Ab G

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--4---8--10---------|
E|--3---6---8---------|
C|--0---1---5---------|
G|--0---3---5---6--10-|

Coming down

A|--4---6---8--10-|
E|--3---4---6---8-|
C|--0---1---3---5-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fifth Position

A|--8--10--13---------|
E|--6---8---9---------|
C|--1---5---7---------|
G|--3---5---6--10--12-|

Coming down

A|--8--10--11--13-----|
E|--6---8---9--11-----|
C|--1---3---5---7---8-|
G|--------------------|

3NPS - First Position

A|-10--13--15---------|
E|--8---9--13---------|
C|--5---7--10---------|
G|--5---6--10--12--15-|

Coming down

A|-10--11--13--15-|
E|--8---9--11--13-|
C|--5---7---8--10-|
G|----------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 4 3`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 4 3`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 1 3`
I	Fm	F Ab C	`10 8 8 8`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 1 x x`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`0 1 3 1`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 1 3 1`
II	Gdim	G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 3`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 6`
III	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 11`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 1 1 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`3 1 1 4`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 5 1 1`
IV	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 5 6 1`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 3 3`
V	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 8 3`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`1 1 1 4`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`1 5 1 4`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`6 5 4 4`
VI	Db	Db F Ab	`6 8 9 8`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
VII	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 7 6 6`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
I	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 1`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 x`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
II	Gm7b5	G Bb Db F	`3 1 1 1`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 3`
III	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 3 3 3`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 1`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 x`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 4`
IV	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 4 1`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 1`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 3`
V	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`1 1 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 1 1 3`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`0 1 3 1`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 1`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`
VII	Eb7	Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 1`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 0 1 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 3`
I	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 1`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 1 x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`1 1 3 x`
II	Gm7b5b9	G Bb Db F Ab	`0 1 4 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 0 3 1`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 0 3 1`
III	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 3 3 1`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 1`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x 0 1 1`
IV	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`3 0 1 x`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 3`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`3 1 3 x`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 1`
V	Cm7b9	C Eb G Bb Db	`x 1 3 3`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
VI	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 4`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 1`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 1 1 x`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`x 1 1 1`
VII	Eb9	Eb G Bb Db F	`0 3 1 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Fm – Gdim – Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Fm – Gdim – Ab – Bbm – Cm – Db – Eb

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

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

A|3-------------------------------------------------------4-------|4-------------------------------------------------------3-------|
E|3-------------------4-------4---6---4---6---8---6---8-------8---|1-------------------3-------3---4---3---4---6---4---6-------6---|
C|3---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------------------------------|
G|5---------------------------------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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