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 GAA#CDEF#
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.
135791215EADGBEEF#GAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEGAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEF#GAA#CDEF#G
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 2

357EADGBEF#GAA#CDEEF#GAAA#CDDEF#F#GAA#

Position at fret 9

91215EADGBEDEF#F#GAA#CDEEF#GAAA#CDEF#

Other keys