Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Major Blues Scale in Drop B Tuning

Eb Major Blues Scale in Drop B Tuning shows the same eb major blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C
Formula: 1 2 b3 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 3 4 7 9
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Major Blues Scale: string 5 Gb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gbb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

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 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest C# string, the first Eb is at fret 2.

Fret 1C6

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 6F2

Fret 7Gbb3

Fret 8G3

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Major Blues Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb 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 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.