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Harmonic field of F minor on ukulele

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

Fm7, 1 3 1 3Fm71324AbEbFC
i · tonic1 3 1 3
Gm7b5, 0 1 1 1Gm7b5111GDbFBb
ii° · subdominant0 1 1 1
Abmaj7, 1 3 3 3Abmaj71234AbEbGC
III · tonic1 3 3 3
Bbm7, 1 1 1 1Bbm71111AbDbFBb
iv · subdominant1 1 1 1
Cm7, 3 3 3 3Cm71111BbEbGC
v · dominant3 3 3 3
Dbmaj7, 1 1 1 3Dbmaj71113AbDbFC
VI · tonic1 1 1 3
Eb7, 3 3 3 4Eb71112BbEbGDb
VII · dominant3 3 3 4

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 F 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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