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Fig. 1 · C harmonic minor · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C harmonic minor

C1D2E♭♭3F4G5A♭♭6B7

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 · C 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

CWDHE♭WFWGHA♭W+HBHC

What is true of it

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

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, C natural minor differs from it by exactly one note.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 30 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorDdimdiminishedDm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭augaugmentedFmminorFdimdiminishedFm7minor seventhFm7♭5half-diminished seventh

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

Other scales on C

C natural minorminorC melodic minorminorC majormajorC harmonic majormajorC Dorianmode

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