Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Locrian Scale in Drop C# Tuning

C# Locrian Scale in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c# locrian 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: C#, D, E, F#, G, A, B
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: D major
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Locrian Scale: string 6 C# (1), string 4 C# (1), and string 3 F# (4). C# roots occur on open strings 6 and 4.

String 6C#1

String 4C#1

String 3F#4

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 C# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the C# root at fret 0. On the highest D# string, the first C# is at fret 10.

OpenC#1

Fret 1Db2

Fret 3Eb3

Fret 5F#4

Fret 6Gb5

Fret 8Ab6

Fret 10Bb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Locrian Scale on the low C# string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 6 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 0, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.