Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open E Tuning

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same c minor pentatonic 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: C, Eb, F, G, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 7 10
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

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 E string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 4

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 11, with the C root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 1F4

Fret 3G5

Fret 6Bbb7

Fret 8C1

Fret 11Ebb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 3, 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 8, 1, 8, 4, 1, and 8, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.