Fretwork

F# Melodic minor

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

Notes F#G#ABC#D#F
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#ABC#D#FF#ABC#D#FF#G#ABD#FF#G#ABC#D#FG#ABC#D#FF#G#ABC#D#FF#G#ABC#FF#G#ABC#D#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 1

1357EADGBEFF#G#ABC#D#D#FF#G#G#ABC#C#D#FFF#G#A

Position at fret 8

912EADGBEC#D#FFF#G#ABC#D#D#FF#G#G#ABC#D#F

Other keys