ukulele scale
A♭ minor pentatonic
A♭1C♭♭3D♭4E♭5G♭♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are G♯ minor pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
A♭W+HC♭WD♭WE♭W+HG♭WA♭
What is true of it
A♭ minor pentatonic is A♭, C♭, D♭, E♭ and G♭, and back to A♭.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 20 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on A♭
A♭ major pentatonicpentatonicA♭ bluespentatonicA♭ major bluespentatonicA♭ majormajorA♭ natural minorminorA♭ harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentall 374