G Asavari (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

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

Notes going up: G A C D Eb

Notes coming down: G F Eb D C Bb A

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Third Position

A|--5---6--10---------|
E|--3---5---8---------|
C|--0---2---3---------|
G|--0---2---5---7---8-|

Coming down

A|--5---6---8--10-|
E|--3---5---6---8-|
C|--0---2---3---5-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--6--10--12---------|
E|--5---8--10---------|
C|--2---3---7---------|
G|--2---5---7---8--12-|

Coming down

A|--6---8--10--12-|
E|--5---6---8--10-|
C|--2---3---5---7-|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fifth Position

A|-10--12--15---------|
E|--8--10--11---------|
C|--3---7---9---------|
G|--5---7---8--12--14-|

Coming down

A|-10--12--13--15-----|
E|--8--10--11--13-----|
C|--3---5---7---9--10-|
G|--------------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
I	Gm	G Bb D	`12 10 10 10`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`2 3 x x`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`5 3 5 0`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`2 3 5 3`
II	Adim	A C Eb	`5 3 5 3`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
III	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 3 3`
IV	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 8 3`
V	Dm	D F A	`2 2 1 0`
V	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 5`
V	Dm	D F A	`7 5 5 8`
V	Dm	D F A	`10 9 5 5`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
VI	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 7 6 6`
VII	F	F A C	`2 0 1 0`
VII	F	F A C	`5 5 5 3`
VII	F	F A C	`5 5 5 8`
VII	F	F A C	`5 9 5 8`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
I	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`0 0 3 0`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 0`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 3`
II	Am7b5	A C Eb G	`2 0 3 x`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 0`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
III	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 1`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 3`
IV	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 0`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
V	Dm7	D F A C	`2 0 1 3`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 2 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 1`
VI	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 x`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 0`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`x 3 1 0`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 3`
VII	F7	F A C Eb	`2 3 1 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`0 2 1 0`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 2 1 0`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 1`
I	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`2 2 1 x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`2 0 3 1`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 0`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
II	Am7b5b9	A C Eb G Bb	`x 0 3 1`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 0`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 0 1 1`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 1`
III	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`2 0 1 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 1`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 3`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 x`
IV	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 3`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 1 0`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`2 3 1 3`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`2 3 1 x`
V	Dm7b9	D F A C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
VI	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 0 1 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`2 0 3 x`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`x 0 3 0`
VII	F9	F A C Eb G	`0 3 1 0`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F

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

A|1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---|3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---|
E|1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------1---1---5-------|3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------|
C|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------|
G|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|

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

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

Three Note Runs

Chords: Gm – Adim – Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F

A|5-------------------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---|--------------------------------------------3-------3---5---3---|
E|6---5---6---5---6---8---6---8-------8---------------------------|--------3-------3---5---3---5---6---5---6-------6---------------|
C|7---------------------------------------------------------------|3---5-------5---------------------------------------------------|
G|3---------------------------------------------------------------|2---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|1-------------------------------------------1-------1---3---1---|3-------------------------------------------------------5-------|
E|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---------------|3-------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---8-------8---|
C|2---3-------3---------------------------------------------------|3---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|
G|3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

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