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Harmonic field of Bb minor on ukulele

Bb minor: Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on Db. 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.

Bbm7, 1 1 1 1Bbm71111AbDbFBb
i · tonic1 1 1 1
Cm7b5, 3 3 2 3Cm7b52314BbEbGbC
ii° · subdominant3 3 2 3
Dbmaj7, 1 1 1 3Dbmaj71113AbDbFC
III · tonic1 1 1 3
Ebm7, 3 3 2 4Ebm72314BbEbGbDb
iv · subdominant3 3 2 4
Fm7, 1 3 1 3Fm71324AbEbFC
v · dominant1 3 1 3
Gbmaj7, 3 5 2 4Gbmaj72413BbFGbDb
VI · tonic3 5 2 4
Ab7, 1 3 2 3Ab71324AbEbGbC
VII · dominant1 3 2 3

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 Bb minor on ukulele. In Chord & 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 & Fret →

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