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 B♭ 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