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.
135791215EADGBEEFGG#A#CDEFGA#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFGG#A#CDEFG
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

135EADGBEEFGG#A#CDDEFGGG#A#CCDEEFGG#

Position at fret 7

7912EADGBECDEEFGG#A#CDDEFGGG#A#CDE

Other keys