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 ABCDEF#G#
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.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#ABCDEF#ABCDEF#G#ABCDEF#G#ABCDEG#ABCDEF#G#ABCDEF#G#ABCDEF#G#ABCDEF#
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

135EADGBEEF#G#AABCDDEF#G#ABCBCDEEF#G#A

Position at fret 4

579EADGBEG#ABCDEF#F#G#ABBCDEEF#G#G#ABC

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBEEF#G#G#ABCDEF#F#G#ABBCDEF#G#

Other keys