Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Major (Ionian) Scale in Open E Tuning

C# Major (Ionian) Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same c# major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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 5 7 9 11
Parent scale: C# major
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Major (Ionian) Scale: string 3 G# (5). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 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 2F#4

Fret 4G#5

Fret 6A#6

Fret 8B#7

Fret 9C#1

Fret 11D#2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major (Ionian) Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G# 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 6 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 5, 2, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.