Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in Open E Tuning

F# Harmonic Minor Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same f# harmonic minor scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Harmonic Minor Scale: string 5 B (4), string 3 G# (2), and string 2 B (4). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5B4

String 3G#2

String 2B4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10, with the F# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 1E#7

Fret 2F#1

Fret 4G#2

Fret 5Ab3

Fret 7B4

Fret 9C#5

Fret 10Db6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Harmonic Minor Scale on the low E string at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B 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 2, 7, 2, 10, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.