Fretwork

E Harmonic minor

Natural minor with the seventh raised back up, leaving a step and a half between the sixth and seventh. That gap is the whole sound.

Notes EF#GABCD#
Degrees 12♭345♭67
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 8 semitones · 11 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBE12♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭671♭345♭6712♭345♭6712♭345♭612♭345♭6712♭3
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Open position

135EADGBE12♭3445♭6712♭3♭345♭65♭67112♭34

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBE5♭67712♭345♭67122♭345♭67

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBE712♭345♭67122♭3455♭67712♭3

Other keys

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