Tuning-specific scale diagram

B Minor Blues Scale in Drop C Tuning

B Minor Blues Scale in Drop C Tuning shows the same b minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. 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: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to B Minor Blues Scale: string 3 F (b5), string 2 A (b7), and string 1 D (b3). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Fb5

String 2Ab7

String 1Db3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first B is at fret 9.

Fret 2Db3

Fret 4E4

Fret 5Fb5

Fret 6F#5

Fret 9Ab7

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Minor Blues Scale on the low C string at frets 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.