Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Major Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning

C# Major Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same c# major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string extends the pattern below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Scale notes: C#, D#, E#, G#, A#
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 4 7 9
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to C# Major Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

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 B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, and 11, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 2C#1

Fret 4D#2

Fret 6E#3

Fret 9G#5

Fret 11A#6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major Pentatonic Scale on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 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 7 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.