Ukulele scales are a byproduct of a family of notes that sound pleasing together – usually a key. They serve as the foundation to a tonality (major or minor).
Ukulele Chords The chart below shows the basic ukulele chords for the standard tuning, gCEA. If you are new to the ukulele, or a beginner having just acquired your first instrument, whether it’s a Soprano, Concert or Tenor, these easy ukulele chords will. Apr 14, 2021 Basic Open Position `Ukulele Chord Chart - Baritone/G Tuning in the common keys of C, G, D, A, and E - with seventh chords in all keys. Includes diminished and augmented chords. Includes diminished and augmented chords. How do you read ukulele chord charts? The UkuChords chord diagrams are very easy to understand while still containing a ton of information for beginning and advanced ukulele players. To read ukulele chord diagrams you should imagine there is a ukulele in front of you and you are looking at the fretboard with the headstock at the top. Ukulele Chord Chart Free Uke Chord Sheet This chord chart contains a limited selection of chords in every key with a single voicing for each chord. While these chords alone will allow you to play thousands of songs, there are many additional chord types. Following on from my tool to help you find ukulele chords that sound great together, I had an idea to expand upon it and add more chords and more progressions. This tool is just a large collection of chord progressions for you to try. Reload the page or hit the ‘give me another’ button to get another chord.
Since the fretboard of an ukulele is a crazy matrix, it’s very useful to have scale charts available for reference as you study.
Free PDF Scales Collection
The best resource I can offer you here is this huge collection of over 150 pages of ukulele scale reference diagrams and charts in PDF. This free bundle of files includes 14 scale types and a guide on implementing them.
Each page looks like this and contains two different chart variations: notes and scale degrees.
This collection contains a whole book’s worth of charts and instruction and is a detailed and expansive guide to the notes on the fretboard. And it’s available to you for free.
Once you download and extract the .zip file (just double click on most computers), you’ll have 15 PDF files of uke scales:
- Read Me – How to Learn Scales
- Major (Ionian Mode)
- Minor (Aeolian Mode)
- Major Pentatonic
- Minor Pentatonic
- Blues
- Dorian Mode
- Phrygian Mode
- Lydian Mode
- Mixolydian Mode
- Locrian Mode
- Harmonic Minor
- Melodic Minor
- Diminished (Whole-Half)
- Whole Tone
Tabs of Ukulele Scales:
Basic Major Scales
Root position open scales with fingering diagrams.
Chromatic Scale
All 12 Western notes in scale form shown with alternate fingerings. Can used be used as a “sheet music to tab converter.”
C Major Scale Variations
How to play the basic C scale normally, in 3rds, harmonized, and more. Great for deepening your knowledge of the scale.
The first two measures of each staff shows the scale in it’s lowest position starting from the root and the last two measures are an octave higher. If you play an ukulele with a high-g then the low ukulele scales might sound off, but the note locations are the same – just in different octaves. The “spelling” is to the right of the link and based off of the root major scale.
- Major Scales (Ionian mode) – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Natural Minor Scales (Aeolian mode) – 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
- Dorian Mode Scales – 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
- Mixolydian Mode Scales – 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7
- Lydian Mode Scales – 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
- Phrygian Mode Scales – 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
- Major pentatonic scales – 1 2 3 5 6
- Minor Pentatonic Scales – 1 b3 4 5 b7
- Blues Scales – 1 b3 4 #4 5 b7
UkeBuddy is a great tool for finding other scales. It’s a bit hard to look at for my eyes, but the information is all there, provided you have an internet connection.
How to Play Basic Major & Minor Ukulele Scales
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C Major
C D E F G A B C
G Major
G A B C D E F# G
F Major
F G A Bb C D E F
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A Minor
A B C D E F G A
E Minor
E F# G A B C D E
D Minor
D E F G A Bb C D
Baritone Ukulele Chord Chart
A Major
A B C# D E F# G# A
All About Modes:
Confused about what the modes are? Me too. This page demystifies the theory behind them.