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F minor hexatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12

A string: Bb, C, E, F, G, Ab at frets 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11

D string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, C at frets 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10

G string: G, Ab, Bb, C, E, F, G at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12

B string: C, E, F, G, Ab, Bb at frets 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

High E string: E, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, E at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12

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F minor hexatonic

The minor hexatonic is a six note scale: root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 4th, 5th, major 7th. It is harmonic minor with the flat 6th omitted, keeping the dramatic leading tone while removing the scale's most dissonant rub. The result is a clean minor sound with a strong pull home, handy over minor and minor-major 7th chords alike.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

F

I

G

II

A♭

bIII

B♭

IV

C

V

E

VII

minor hexatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Hear F minor hexatonic as harmonic minor minus the flat 6th: the drama of the leading tone (E) without the augmented-2nd gap.
  • Over a minor-major 7th chord, arpeggiate root, bIII (Ab), V, VII and use the 2nd (G) and 4th (Bb) as connecting steps.
  • End phrases VII up to F; with no b6 (Db) in the way, the resolution sounds clean rather than exotic.
  • Use it when natural minor feels too soft and harmonic minor too Spanish; six notes split the difference.

How to play F minor hexatonic on guitar

Open E strings and the open G all belong to F minor hexatonic, though none of them is the root, so a ringing open string lands above the fretted root instead of under it. Capo fret 1 turns this into E minor hexatonic, which means every open-position fingering from that key maps over directly. Lowest root is fret 1 on the low E, one fret up from the nut. Boxes hung on it stop at fret 5, so the next position sits above that. Two flats.

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