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Fig. 1 · F harmonic minor · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F harmonic minor

F1G2A♭♭3B♭4C5D♭♭6E7

Natural minor with the seventh raised, which buys a leading note and pays for it with a step and a half between the sixth and seventh.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · F harmonic 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

FWGHA♭WB♭WCHD♭W+HEHF

What is true of it

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

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

On the same tonic, F natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 31 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmajorCaugaugmentedC7dominant seventhD♭majorD♭mminorD♭dimdiminishedD♭maj7major seventhEdimdiminished

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

Other scales on F

F natural minorminorF melodic minorminorF majormajorF harmonic majormajorF Dorianmode

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