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.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#A#CC#D#EF#A#CC#D#EF#G#A#CD#EF#G#A#CC#D#EG#A#CC#D#EF#G#A#CC#D#EF#G#A#CC#EF#G#A#CC#D#EF#
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

3579EADGBEG#A#CCC#D#EF#G#A#A#CC#D#D#EF#G#A#C

Position at fret 8

912EADGBECC#D#EF#G#A#A#CC#D#D#EF#G#G#A#CCC#D#E

Other keys