Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Lydian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning

C# Lydian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same c# lydian scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the pattern into the lower register for wider-range riffs and chord voicings.

Scale notes: C#, D#, E#, F##, G#, A#, B#
Formula: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 6 7 9 11
Parent scale: G# major
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to C# Lydian Scale: string 3 F## (#4). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F###4

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 2

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the C# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 1E#3

Fret 3F###4

Fret 4G#5

Fret 6A#6

Fret 8B#7

Fret 9C#1

Fret 11D#2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Lydian Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 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 C# root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C# root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.