Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same c minor pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: C, Eb, F, G, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 7 10
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C Minor Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest B string, the first C is at fret 1.

Fret 1C1

Fret 4Ebb3

Fret 6F4

Fret 8G5

Fret 11Bbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.