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Fig. 1 · Bb natural minor · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

B♭ natural minor

B♭1C2D♭♭3E♭4F5G♭♭6A♭♭7

The major scale started from its sixth degree: same seven notes, a different centre of gravity.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are A♯ natural minor.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · Bb natural minor, ascending

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

B♭WCHD♭WE♭WFHG♭WA♭WB♭

What is true of it

B♭ natural minor is B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭ and A♭, and back to B♭.

Its steps are W – H – W – W – H – W – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

On the same tonic, B♭ harmonic minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 29 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CdimdiminishedCm7♭5half-diminished seventhD♭majorD♭maj7major seventhE♭mminorE♭m7minor seventhFmminorFm7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 7 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on B♭

B♭ harmonic minorminorB♭ melodic minorminorB♭ majormajorB♭ harmonic majormajorB♭ Dorianmode

C minC♯ minD♭ minD minD♯ minE♭ minE minF minall 374