Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# harmonic minor 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: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 11
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 F# Harmonic Minor Scale: string 8 F# (1), string 7 B (4), string 5 A (b3), string 4 D (b6), and string 2 B (4). F# roots occur on open string 8.

String 8F#1

String 7B4

String 5Ab3

String 4Db6

String 2B4

First root on each string

String 8Open

String 7Fret 7

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 11, with the F# root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenF#1

Fret 2G#2

Fret 3Ab3

Fret 5B4

Fret 7C#5

Fret 8Db6

Fret 11E#7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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