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Fig. 1 · C# natural minor · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ natural minor

C♯1D♯2E♭3F♯4G♯5A♭6B♭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 D♭ natural minor.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · C# 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

C♯WD♯HEWF♯WG♯HAWBWC♯

What is true of it

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

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

On the same tonic, C♯ harmonic 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

C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhD♯dimdiminishedD♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhEmajorEmaj7major seventhF♯mminorF♯m7minor seventh

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

Other scales on C♯

C♯ harmonic minorminorC♯ melodic minorminorC♯ majormajorC♯ harmonic majormajorC♯ Dorianmode

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