Fretwork

D# Melodic minor

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

Notes D#FF#G#A#CD
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.
135791215EADGBEFF#G#A#CDD#FF#A#CDD#FF#G#A#CDD#FF#G#A#CDD#FG#A#CDD#FF#G#A#CDD#FF#G#A#CDFF#G#A#CDD#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 5

579EADGBEA#CDDD#FF#G#A#CCDD#FFF#G#A#CD

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBEDD#FF#G#A#CCDD#FFF#G#A#A#CDDD#FF#

Other keys