Fretwork

B Lydian

Major with a raised fourth. Floating and unresolved; film composers reach for it constantly.

Notes BC#D#FF#G#A#
Degrees 123♯4567
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 4 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 9 semitones · 11 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.

Position at fret 1

1357EADGBEFF#G#A#A#BC#D#D#FF#G#G#A#BC#C#D#FFF#G#A#

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBEA#BC#D#D#FF#G#G#A#BC#C#D#FF#FF#G#A#A#BC#D#

Other keys

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B