Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Minor Blues Scale in Open A Tuning

C# Minor Blues Scale in Open A Tuning shows the same c# minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Minor Blues Scale: string 6 E (b3), string 4 E (b3), string 2 C# (1), and string 1 E (b3). C# roots occur on open string 2.

String 6Eb3

String 4Eb3

String 2C#1

String 1Eb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9, with the C# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

OpenEb3

Fret 2F#4

Fret 3Gb5

Fret 4G#5

Fret 7Bb7

Fret 9C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Minor Blues Scale on the low E string at frets 0, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E 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 9, 4, 9, 4, 0, and 9, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.