Tuning-specific scale diagram

B Minor Blues Scale in Drop B Tuning

B Minor Blues Scale in Drop B Tuning shows the same b minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: B, D, E, F, F#, A
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to B Minor Blues Scale: string 6 B (1), string 5 F# (5), string 4 B (1), and string 3 E (4). B roots occur on open strings 6 and 4.

String 6B1

String 5F#5

String 4B1

String 3E4

First root on each string

String 6Open

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10, with the B root at fret 0. On the highest C# string, the first B is at fret 10.

OpenB1

Fret 3Db3

Fret 5E4

Fret 6Fb5

Fret 7F#5

Fret 10Ab7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Minor Blues Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 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 0, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.