F dorian mode on guitar
F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ (1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7)
Minor with a natural 6th: the major-IV minor sound (Oye Como Va, Get Lucky). Same notes as the major scale a whole step down.
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 F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D 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 1–5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 2 6 2 6 2
Position 2 (frets 3–7)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 6 2 6 2 2
Position 3 (frets 5–10)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 6 2 6 2 6
Position 4 (frets 8–12)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 6 2 6 2 6
Position 5 (frets 10–13)
9 10 11 12 13 14 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 2 6 2 6 6
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .