Fretwork

G# Melodic minor

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

Notes G#A#BC#D#FG
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.
135791215EADGBEFGG#A#BC#D#FGA#BC#D#FGG#A#BD#FGG#A#BC#D#FGG#A#BC#D#FGG#A#BC#D#FGG#A#BC#FGG#A#BC#D#FG
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 3

3579EADGBEGG#A#BC#D#FFGG#A#A#BC#D#D#FGGG#A#B

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBED#FGGG#A#BC#D#FFGG#A#A#BC#D#FG

Other keys