Tuning-specific scale diagram

E Locrian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning

E Locrian Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same e locrian 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: E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: F 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

5 of the 8 open strings belong to E Locrian Scale: string 6 E (1), string 5 A (4), string 4 D (b7), string 3 G (b3), and string 1 E (1). E roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 6E1

String 5A4

String 4Db7

String 3Gb3

String 1E1

First root on each string

String 8Fret 10

String 7Fret 5

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the E root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first E is at fret 0.

Fret 1Gb3

Fret 3A4

Fret 4Bbb5

Fret 6Cb6

Fret 8Db7

Fret 10E1

Fret 11Fb2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Locrian Scale on the low F# string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other scale tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 10, 5, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.