F♯ locrian mode on guitar
F♯ G A B C D E (1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭7)
The vii° chord's scale. Rarely home; mostly theory.
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 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 2–5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2
Position 2 (frets 3–8)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 E A D G B e ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭2 ♭5
Position 3 (frets 7–10)
6 7 8 9 10 11 E A D G B e 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6
Position 4 (frets 8–13)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭5
Position 5 (frets 10–15)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭7 1 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭2 ♭5 ♭6 ♭6 ♭2
Three-notes-per-string shapes (7 of them) are on the interactive fretboard .