Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in Drop B Tuning

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in Drop B Tuning shows the same f# harmonic minor 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, B, C#, D, E#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 11
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

5 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Harmonic Minor Scale: string 6 B (4), string 5 F# (1), string 4 B (4), string 2 G# (2), and string 1 C# (5). F# roots occur on open string 5.

String 6B4

String 5F#1

String 4B4

String 2G#2

String 1C#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

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, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10, with the F# root at fret 7. On the highest C# string, the first F# is at fret 5.

OpenB4

Fret 2C#5

Fret 3Db6

Fret 6E#7

Fret 7F#1

Fret 9G#2

Fret 10Ab3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Harmonic Minor Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 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 7, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.