Fretwork

A# Phrygian

Minor with a flat second. The semitone at the bottom gives it a Spanish or metal character depending entirely on what is played over it.

Notes A#BC#D#FF#G#
Degrees 1♭2♭345♭6♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 1 semitone · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 8 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEFF#G#A#BC#D#FF#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BD#FF#G#A#BC#D#FG#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BC#FF#G#A#BC#D#FF#
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

135EADGBEFF#G#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BBC#D#FF#G#

Position at fret 5

579EADGBEA#BC#D#FF#G#A#BC#D#FFF#G#A#BC#

Other keys