Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Major (Ionian) Scale in DADGAD Tuning

Bb Major (Ionian) Scale in DADGAD Tuning shows the same bb major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. 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: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

6 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Major (Ionian) Scale: string 6 D (3), string 5 A (7), string 4 D (3), string 3 G (6), string 2 A (7), and string 1 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6D3

String 5A7

String 4D3

String 3G6

String 2A7

String 1D3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.

OpenD3

Fret 1Eb4

Fret 3F5

Fret 5G6

Fret 7A7

Fret 8Bb1

Fret 10C2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major (Ionian) Scale on the low D string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 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 8, 1, 8, 3, 1, and 8, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.