Ukulele Scales
(for improvisation and accompanying songs) The scales pattern for the ukulele is as follows:
The following tab: A -------------------------------------1----3----3---------E -----------------1----2------4---------------------------C -----1----3----------------------------------------------G -----------------------------------------------------------
or in tab mode:
illustrates the C# major scale. If we look at the note chart at the bottom of the page, we can see A -------------------------------------0----2----3---------- that the root note, which is on the first fret of E -----------------0----1------3---------------------------- the 3rd string, is a C#. C -----0----2----------------------------------------------G ----------------------------------------------------------- Thus, to play a D major scale, all we’d have to do is move the progression one fret to the right, or the scale pictured above is the C major scale. We increase every number in the tab by one. know this because the ‘root note’, the first note Songs in the key E should be accompanied by played is a C. And so, if we see the following: notes in the scale of E, which, using the chart at the bottom of the page, we know has a root note on the 4th fret of the C string. Use the chart to quickly figure out the scale in case you need to harmonise to a song. we should know it is the E major scale, as its root note, on the 4th fret of the 3rd string is an E.
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