Tuning-specific scale diagram

B Major Pentatonic Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning

B Major Pentatonic Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same b major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the pattern into the lower register for wider-range riffs and chord voicings.

Scale notes: B, C#, D#, F#, G#
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 4 7 9
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 8 open strings belong to B Major Pentatonic Scale: string 7 B (1) and string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open strings 7 and 2.

String 7B1

String 2B1

First root on each string

String 8Fret 7

String 7Open

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

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, 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 11D#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Major Pentatonic Scale on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other scale tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.