Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Major Pentatonic Scale in Drop B Tuning

F Major Pentatonic Scale in Drop B Tuning shows the same f major pentatonic 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: F, G, A, C, D
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Major Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1C5

Fret 3D6

Fret 6F1

Fret 8G2

Fret 10A3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major Pentatonic Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.