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Harmonic field of C minor on ukulele

C minor: C – D – Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb. 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.

Cm7, 3 3 3 3Cm71111BbEbGC
i · tonic3 3 3 3
Dm7b5, 1 2 1 3Dm7b51324AbDFC
ii° · subdominant1 2 1 3
Ebmaj7, 3 3 3 5Ebmaj71113BbEbGD
III · tonic3 3 3 5
Fm7, 1 3 1 3Fm71324AbEbFC
iv · subdominant1 3 1 3
Gm7, 0 2 1 1Gm7211GDFBb
v · dominant0 2 1 1
Abmaj7, 1 3 3 3Abmaj71234AbEbGC
VI · tonic1 3 3 3
Bb7, 1 2 1 1Bb71423AbDFBb
VII · dominant1 2 1 1

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 C 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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