Fretwork

G# Locrian

The seventh mode of the major scale. Unstable by construction, since its fifth is flattened, and rarely used on its own.

Notes G#ABC#DEF#
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.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#ABC#DEF#ABC#DEF#G#ABDEF#G#ABC#DEG#ABC#DEF#G#ABC#DEF#G#ABC#DEF#G#ABC#DEF#
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#ABC#DEF#G#ABC#DDEF#G#AB

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBEDEF#G#ABC#DEF#G#AABC#DDEF#

Other keys