Fretwork

G# Blues scale

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

Notes G#BC#DD#F#
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.
135791215EADGBEF#G#BC#DD#F#BC#DD#F#G#BDD#F#G#BC#DD#G#BC#DD#F#G#BC#DD#F#G#BC#DF#G#BC#DD#F#
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

3579EADGBEG#BC#DD#F#G#BC#DD#DD#F#G#B

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBEDD#F#G#BC#DD#F#G#BC#DDD#F#

Other keys