Fretwork

A Locrian

The seventh mode of the major scale. Unstable by construction, since its fifth is flattened, and rarely used on its own.

Notes AA#CDD#FG
Degrees 1♭2♭34♭5♭6♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 1 semitone · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 6 semitones · 8 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEFGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#CDFGAA#CDD#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#CDDD#FGGAA#CCDD#FGA

Position at fret 4

579EADGBEAA#CDD#FGAA#CDD#D#FGAA#C

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBED#FGAA#CDD#FGAA#A#CDD#D#FG

Other keys