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 FGG#A#CDE
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.
135791215EADGBE712♭3456712456712♭3456712♭3456712♭3456712♭3456712♭3456712♭3456712
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

135EADGBE712♭345667122♭345567712♭3

Position at fret 7

7912EADGBE567712♭345667122♭34567

Other keys