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Harmonic field of Eb minor on ukulele

Eb minor: Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb – Db. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on Eb. On the ukulele, the high reentrant G makes every shape light — and with four strings, every note is exposed. Its soft nylon strings sound warm and mellow, light enough to float gently over a song.

Ebm7, 3 3 2 4Ebm72314BbEbGbDb
i · tonic3 3 2 4
Fm7b5, 1 3 1 2Fm7b51423AbEbFB
ii° · subdominant1 3 1 2
Gbmaj7, 3 5 2 4Gbmaj72413BbFGbDb
III · tonic3 5 2 4
Abm7, 1 3 2 2Abm71423AbEbGbB
iv · subdominant1 3 2 2
Bbm7, 1 1 1 1Bbm71111AbDbFBb
v · dominant1 1 1 1
Cbmaj7, 3 3 2 2Cbmaj72311BbEbGbB
VI · subdominant3 3 2 2
Db7, 1 1 1 2Db71112AbDbFB
VII · subdominant1 1 1 2

This is the natural-minor field. In practice the v often becomes V (major) or V7 — borrowed from the harmonic minor — to create the leading tone that pulls back to the tonic.

These are the first positions of every degree of Eb minor on ukulele. In Chord and Fret, the Circle of Fifths opens the full field — every degree with all its positions, audio and the key's secondary dominants. Open in Chord and Fret →

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