Fretwork

F Blues scale

The minor pentatonic with the flat fifth added — the blue note. It wants to be passed through rather than landed on.

Notes FG#A#BCD#
Degrees 1♭34♭55♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEFG#A#BCD#FA#BCD#FG#A#BCD#FG#A#BCD#FG#A#BCD#FG#A#BCD#FG#A#BCFG#A#BCD#F
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

135EADGBEFG#A#BCD#FG#A#BCBCD#FG#

Position at fret 7

7912EADGBEBCD#FG#A#BCD#FG#A#BBCD#

Other keys