C Natural Minor Scale on Ukulele
Diagram, notes, and audio for the C Natural Minor scale on ukulele. Free in your browser.
About C Natural Minor on ukulele
If you have only one scale in your back pocket on ukulele, make it the C Natural Minor. The scale's character is sad, introspective, and folk-like, which is why it shows up in so many genres. The notes are C, D, D#, F, G, G#, A#, ascending from the root, and that exact sequence is the entire scale.
Ukulele players usually start the scale on the C string (string 3) and stay in first position for the full octave before shifting up. What makes it sound like itself is the gap pattern between notes; transposing to C keeps that pattern intact. Pair the diagram with our chord finder and tuner for ukulele to lock the scale into your playing.
Frequently asked questions
- What notes are in the C Natural Minor scale?
- The C Natural Minor scale contains the notes C, D, D#, F, G, G#, A#. That is 7 pitch classes, played in that order from the root upward.
- What does Natural Minor mean in music theory?
- Natural Minor is seven notes built from a fixed pattern of whole and half steps. The interval pattern is the same in every key — choosing C as the root just shifts every pitch up or down without changing the scale's character.
- How do I practise C Natural Minor on ukulele?
- Start with the diagram on this page, play the notes slowly ascending and descending, then add a metronome at a comfortable tempo. Once the fingering is automatic, try improvising short phrases that always land back on C.
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