Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in C Standard Tuning

Bb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in C Standard Tuning shows the same bb natural minor (aeolian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: Db major
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

5 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 6 C (2), string 5 F (5), string 4 Bb (1), string 3 Eb (4), and string 1 C (2). Bb roots occur on open string 4.

String 6C2

String 5F5

String 4Bb1

String 3Eb4

String 1C2

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 10. On the highest C string, the first Bb is at fret 10.

OpenC2

Fret 1Dbb3

Fret 3Eb4

Fret 5F5

Fret 6Gbb6

Fret 8Abb7

Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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