Fretwork

F# Locrian

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

Notes F#GABCDE
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#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEGABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#GABCDEF#G
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 1

1357EADGBEF#GABCDEF#GABCCDEF#GA

Position at fret 8

912EADGBECDEF#GABCDEF#GGABCCDE

Other keys