F Melodic Minor (Classical) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: F G Ab Bb C D E

Notes coming down: F D# Db C Bb Ab G

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Fifth Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Sixth Position

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

Coming down

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

3NPS - Seventh Position

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

Coming down

A|--4---6---8-|
E|--4---6---8-|
C|--5---7-----|
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	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`12 10 10 10`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x 0 0 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`1 0 0 x`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`1 0 0 3`
III	Abaug	Ab C E	`x x 0 3`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`
V	C	C E G	`0 0 0 3`
V	C	C E G	`0 4 0 3`
V	C	C E G	`5 4 3 3`
V	C	C E G	`5 7 8 7`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 x x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 2 4 x`
VI	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 5`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 0 1`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 3 1`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`0 4 0 1`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`0 4 3 1`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`1 0 0 x`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`1 0 0 3`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`1 4 0 3`
I	Fm(maj7)	F Ab C E	`1 4 1 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`0 0 0 x`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`0 0 0 3`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`1 0 3 3`
III	Abmaj7#5	Ab C E G	`1 0 3 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 4 1`
IV	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 2 4 1`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`0 0 0 1`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 0 0 1`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`3 0 0 1`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 3`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 2 1 3`
VI	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 2 1 3`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 0 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 2 0 1`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`0 2 3 1`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`0 0 0 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`0 0 1 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`1 0 3 x`
I	Fm(maj9)	F Ab C E G	`0 0 4 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 3 x`
II	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 2 4 x`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`0 0 0 1`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`x 0 0 1`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`1 0 3 1`
III	Abmaj9#5	Ab C E G Bb	`3 0 0 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 1`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1`
IV	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 1 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 0 1`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`0 2 0 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 2 0 1`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`3 2 0 3`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`1 0 0 x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`1 2 0 x`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`1 2 0 3`
VI	Dm9b5	D F Ab C E	`x 2 0 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 2 1 x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Fm – Gm – Abaug – Bb – C – Ddim – Edim

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

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

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Fm – Gm – Abaug – Bb – C – Ddim – Edim

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

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

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

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

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