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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 · tonic3 3 2 2
Db7, 1 1 1 2Db71112AbDbFB
VII · dominant1 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 & 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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