Tuning-specific scale diagram

E Minor Blues Scale in B Standard Tuning

E Minor Blues Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same e 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: E, G, A, Bb, B, D
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

5 of the 6 open strings belong to E Minor Blues Scale: string 6 B (5), string 5 E (1), string 4 A (4), string 3 D (b7), and string 1 B (5). E roots occur on open string 5.

String 6B5

String 5E1

String 4A4

String 3Db7

String 1B5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 5, 8, 10, and 11, with the E root at fret 5. On the highest B string, the first E is at fret 5.

OpenB5

Fret 3Db7

Fret 5E1

Fret 8Gb3

Fret 10A4

Fret 11Bbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Minor Blues Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 3, 5, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B 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 6 through 1 at frets 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.