Fretwork

A# Melodic minor

Minor with both the sixth and seventh raised: a major scale with a flat third, and the backbone of jazz improvisation.

Notes A#CC#D#FGA
Degrees 12♭34567
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 9 semitones · 11 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEFGAA#CC#D#FGAA#CC#D#FGAA#CD#FGAA#CC#D#FGAA#CC#D#FGAA#CC#D#FGAA#CC#FGAA#CC#D#FG
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Open position

135EADGBEFGAAA#CC#D#FGGAA#CCC#D#FGA

Position at fret 5

579EADGBEAA#CC#D#FGGAA#CCC#D#FFGAAA#CC#

Other keys