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Harmonic field of D minor on ukulele

D minor: D – E – F – G – A – Bb – C. 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.

Dm7, 2 2 1 3Dm72314ADFC
i · tonic2 2 1 3
Em7b5, 0 2 0 1Em7b521GDEBb
ii° · subdominant0 2 0 1
Fmaj7, 2 4 1 3Fmaj72413AEFC
III · tonic2 4 1 3
Gm7, 0 2 1 1Gm7211GDFBb
iv · subdominant0 2 1 1
Am7, 0 0 0 0Am7GCEA
v · dominant0 0 0 0
Bbmaj7, 3 2 1 0Bbmaj7321BbDFA
VI · tonic3 2 1 0
C7, 0 0 0 1C71GCEBb
VII · dominant0 0 0 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 D 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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