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Harmonic field of E minor on ukulele

E minor: E – F# – G – A – B – C – D. 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.

Em7, 0 2 0 2Em712GDEB
i · tonic0 2 0 2
F#m7b5, 2 4 2 3F#m7b51423AEF#C
ii° · subdominant2 4 2 3
Gmaj7, 0 2 2 2Gmaj7111GDF#B
III · tonic0 2 2 2
Am7, 0 0 0 0Am7GCEA
iv · subdominant0 0 0 0
Bm7, 2 2 2 2Bm71111ADF#B
v · dominant2 2 2 2
Cmaj7, 0 0 0 2Cmaj71GCEB
VI · tonic0 0 0 2
D7, 2 2 2 3D71112ADF#C
VII · dominant2 2 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 E 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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