Tuning-specific scale diagram

B Major Blues Scale in Open E Tuning

B Major Blues Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same b major blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: B, C#, D, D#, F#, G#
Formula: 1 2 b3 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 3 4 7 9
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to B Major Blues Scale: string 5 B (1), string 3 G# (6), and string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open strings 5 and 2.

String 5B1

String 3G#6

String 2B1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 3

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, and 11, with the B root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

Fret 2F#5

Fret 4G#6

Fret 7B1

Fret 9C#2

Fret 10Db3

Fret 11D#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Major Blues Scale on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other scale tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 3, 0, and 7, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.