Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Minor Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning

F Minor Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same f minor pentatonic 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: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Minor 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 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 11, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest B string, the first F is at fret 6.

Fret 1C5

Fret 4Ebb7

Fret 6F1

Fret 9Abb3

Fret 11Bb4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 11, 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, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.