Fretwork

D# Locrian

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

Notes D#EF#G#ABC#
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.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#ABC#D#EF#ABC#D#EF#G#ABD#EF#G#ABC#D#EG#ABC#D#EF#G#ABC#D#EF#G#ABC#EF#G#ABC#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 5

579EADGBEABC#D#EF#G#ABC#D#EEF#G#AABC#

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBED#EF#G#ABC#D#EF#G#AABC#D#EF#

Other keys