Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Major Blues Scale in Open A Tuning

F Major Blues Scale in Open A Tuning shows the same f major 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: F, G, Ab, A, C, D
Formula: 1 2 b3 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 3 4 7 9
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to F Major Blues Scale: string 5 A (3) and string 3 A (3). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A3

String 3A3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10, with the F root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 1F1

Fret 3G2

Fret 4Abb3

Fret 5A3

Fret 8C5

Fret 10D6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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