Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Major (Ionian) Scale in B Standard Tuning

Bb Major (Ionian) Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same bb major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 11
Parent scale: Bb major
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Major (Ionian) Scale: string 4 A (7) and string 3 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4A7

String 3D3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest B string, the first Bb is at fret 11.

Fret 1C2

Fret 3D3

Fret 4Eb4

Fret 6F5

Fret 8G6

Fret 10A7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major (Ionian) Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 4 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, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.