Fretwork

E Locrian

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

Notes EFGAA#CD
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.
135791215EADGBEEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFGAA#CDEFG
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

135EADGBEEFGAAA#CDDEFGGAA#CCDEEFGA

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBEA#CDEFGAA#CDEFFGAA#A#CD

Position at fret 11

121517EADGBEEFGAA#CDEFGAA#A#CDEFG

Other keys