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Harmonic minor on ukulele (A)

Harmonic minor in A: A – B – C – D – E – F – G#. On the ukulele, the high reentrant G reshuffles the pattern — the scale climbs and falls in compact regions. The box shown runs from fret 1 to 4; the lowest tonic sits on the 4th string, fret 2, and the hand stays put in the region, with no position shift. Its soft nylon strings sound warm and mellow, light enough to float gently over a song.

Practice it tonic to tonic — hearing degree 1 at both ends anchors the scale's sound.

Scale diagramHorizontal fretboard with 4 strings, frets 0–4.1234712b3455b6712b3
Frets 1–4

Read the dots by degree: 1 is the tonic (highlighted); the rest follow the scale's formula.

One box of harmonic minor on ukulele is the start: the other 4 positions of this neck follow in the app. In Chord & Fret, you press play and watch each note light up on the diagram the instant it sounds; switch the dot labels between degrees, note names and fingers; and run it up, down or in a full round trip. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. 100% offline. See it in Chord & Fret →

See the full explanation of the harmonic minor scale →