Fretwork

A Harmonic minor

Natural minor with the seventh raised back up, leaving a step and a half between the sixth and seventh. That gap is the whole sound.

Notes ABCDEFG#
Degrees 12♭345♭67
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 8 semitones · 11 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBE5♭6712♭345♭612♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6
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

135EADGBE5♭67112♭3445♭6712♭32♭3455♭671

Position at fret 4

579EADGBE712♭345♭67122♭3455♭67712♭3

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBE5♭67712♭345♭67122♭345♭67

Other keys