A melodic minor scale on guitar
A B C D E F♯ G♯ (1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 7)
Minor with a natural 6th and 7th. Jazz builds altered dominant sounds from its modes.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e E F♯ G♯ A B C D E F♯ G♯ A A B C D E F♯ G♯ A B C D D E F♯ G♯ A B C D E F♯ G♯ A B C D E F♯ G♯ A B C B C D E F♯ G♯ A B C D E E F♯ G♯ A B C D E F♯ G♯ A
Low E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 CAGED positions
Positions: the five CAGED shapes, each built around a pentatonic box with the other two notes slotted in. One finger per fret, with the odd stretch. Each one shares its edge notes with the next. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Position 1 (frets 4–9)
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 2 6 7 2 6 7 2 7
Position 2 (frets 7–11)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 6 7 2 6 7 2 2
Position 3 (frets 9–14)
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 E A D G B e 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 6 7 2 6 7 2 6
Position 4 (frets 12–16)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 6 7 2 6 7 2 6 7
Position 5 (frets 2–6)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 1 ♭3 4 5 1 7 2 6 7 2 6 7 6
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .