Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Minor Blues Scale in B Standard Tuning

C# Minor Blues Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same c# minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: C#, E, F#, G, G#, B
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Minor Blues Scale: string 6 B (b7), string 5 E (b3), string 2 F# (4), and string 1 B (b7). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Bb7

String 5Eb3

String 2F#4

String 1Bb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.

OpenBb7

Fret 2C#1

Fret 5Eb3

Fret 7F#4

Fret 8Gb5

Fret 9G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Minor Blues Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, 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 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.