Fretwork

E Lydian

Major with a raised fourth. Floating and unresolved; film composers reach for it constantly.

Notes EF#G#A#BC#D#
Degrees 123♯4567
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 4 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 9 semitones · 11 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#A#BC#D#EF#A#BC#D#EF#G#A#BD#EF#G#A#BC#D#EG#A#BC#D#EF#G#A#BC#D#EF#G#A#BC#EF#G#A#BC#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.

Open position

135EADGBEEF#G#A#BC#D#EF#G#A#BBC#D#EEF#G#

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBEA#BC#D#D#EF#G#G#A#BC#C#D#EF#F#G#A#A#BC#D#

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBED#EF#G#G#A#BC#C#D#EF#F#G#A#BA#BC#D#D#EF#G#

Other keys