F# Natural Minor scale — Position 1
Open position · Standard tuning
The natural minor scale. Dark, melancholic sound.
Root (F#)
Scale tone
Notes in this position
F#G#ABC#DE
All 5 positions
F# Natural Minor scale position 1 — video lessons
About this position
This diagram shows Position 1 of the F# Natural Minor scale — a 5-fret box starting at open position. The notes available in this position are F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E. Root notes (F#) are shown in blue; other scale tones are outlined. Practicing all 5 box positions connects the full neck and builds fretboard fluency. The F# Natural Minor scale has 7 notes with intervals 0–2–3–5–7–8–10 semitones.