Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Lydian Scale in Drop B Tuning

Bb Lydian Scale in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb lydian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Bb, C, D, E, F, G, A
Formula: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 6 7 9 11
Parent scale: F major
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Lydian Scale: string 3 E (#4). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3E#4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest C# string, the first Bb is at fret 9.

Fret 1C2

Fret 3D3

Fret 5E#4

Fret 6F5

Fret 8G6

Fret 10A7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Lydian Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.