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 FF#G#A#BC#D#
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.
135791215EADGBEFF#G#A#BC#D#FF#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BD#FF#G#A#BC#D#FG#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BC#FF#G#A#BC#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.

Open position

135EADGBEFF#G#A#BC#D#FF#G#A#BBC#D#FF#G#

Position at fret 7

7912EADGBEBC#D#FF#G#A#BC#D#FF#F#G#A#BBC#D#

Other keys