Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Harmonic Minor Scale in B Standard Tuning

C# Harmonic Minor Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same c# harmonic minor 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#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 11
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

3 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Harmonic Minor Scale: string 5 E (b3), string 4 A (b6), and string 2 F# (4). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Eb3

String 4Ab6

String 2F#4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.

Fret 1B#7

Fret 2C#1

Fret 4D#2

Fret 5Eb3

Fret 7F#4

Fret 9G#5

Fret 10Ab6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Harmonic Minor Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.