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Harmonic field of G minor on ukulele

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

Gm7, 0 2 1 1Gm7211GDFBb
i · tonic0 2 1 1
Am7b5, 2 3 3 3Am7b51234AEbGC
ii° · subdominant2 3 3 3
Bbmaj7, 3 2 1 0Bbmaj7321BbDFA
III · tonic3 2 1 0
Cm7, 3 3 3 3Cm71111BbEbGC
iv · subdominant3 3 3 3
Dm7, 2 2 1 3Dm72314ADFC
v · dominant2 2 1 3
Ebmaj7, 3 3 3 5Ebmaj71113BbEbGD
VI · tonic3 3 3 5
F7, 2 3 1 3F72314AEbFC
VII · dominant2 3 1 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 G 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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