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Harmonic field of B minor on ukulele

B minor: B – C# – D – E – F# – G – A. In the shapes below, the tonic opens with the bass on D. 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.

Bm7, 2 2 2 2Bm71111ADF#B
i · tonic2 2 2 2
C#m7b5, 0 1 0 2C#m7b512GC#EB
ii° · subdominant0 1 0 2
Dmaj7, 2 2 2 4Dmaj71113ADF#C#
III · tonic2 2 2 4
Em7, 0 2 0 2Em712GDEB
iv · subdominant0 2 0 2
F#m7, 2 4 2 4F#m71324AEF#C#
v · dominant2 4 2 4
Gmaj7, 0 2 2 2Gmaj7111GDF#B
VI · tonic0 2 2 2
A7, 0 1 0 0A71GC#EA
VII · dominant0 1 0 0

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 B 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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