Fretwork

G# Lydian

Major with a raised fourth. Floating and unresolved; film composers reach for it constantly.

Notes G#A#CDD#FG
Degrees 123♯4567
Intervals0 semitones · 2 semitones · 4 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 9 semitones · 11 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEFGG#A#CDD#FGA#CDD#FGG#A#CDD#FGG#A#CDD#FGG#A#CDD#FGG#A#CDD#FGG#A#CDFGG#A#CDD#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#CCDD#FFGG#A#A#CDD#DD#FGGG#A#C

Position at fret 10

1215EADGBEDD#FGGG#A#CCDD#FFGG#A#A#CDDD#FG

Other keys