Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Lydian Scale in Drop C Tuning

C# Lydian Scale in Drop C Tuning shows the same c# lydian 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 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 6 7 9 11
Parent scale: G# major
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Lydian Scale: string 6 B# (7), string 5 F## (#4), string 4 B# (7), and string 3 E# (3). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6B#7

String 5F###4

String 4B#7

String 3E#3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, with the C# root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

OpenB#7

Fret 1C#1

Fret 3D#2

Fret 5E#3

Fret 7F###4

Fret 8G#5

Fret 10A#6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Lydian Scale on the low C string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B# 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 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.