Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Lydian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning

Eb Lydian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb lydian scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the pattern into the lower register for wider-range riffs and chord voicings.

Scale notes: Eb, F, G, A, Bb, C, D
Formula: 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 6 7 9 11
Parent scale: Bb major
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to Eb Lydian Scale: string 5 A (#4), string 4 D (7), and string 3 G (3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A#4

String 4D7

String 3G3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1G3

Fret 3A#4

Fret 4Bb5

Fret 6C6

Fret 8D7

Fret 9Eb1

Fret 11F2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Lydian Scale on the low F# string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.