Fretwork

C# Melodic minor

Minor with both the sixth and seventh raised: a major scale with a flat third, and the backbone of jazz improvisation.

Notes C#D#EF#G#A#C
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.
135791215EADGBE♭3456712♭346712♭345672♭3456712♭356712♭3456712♭345671♭3456712♭34
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 3

3579EADGBE567712♭345667122♭34567

Position at fret 8

912EADGBE712♭345667122♭345567712♭3

Other keys