Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Locrian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F# Locrian Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f# locrian scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned E 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 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: G major
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

8 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Locrian Scale: string 8 E (b7), string 7 B (4), string 6 E (b7), string 5 A (b3), string 4 D (b6), string 3 G (b2), string 2 B (4), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 8Eb7

String 7B4

String 6Eb7

String 5Ab3

String 4Db6

String 3Gb2

String 2B4

String 1Eb7

First root on each string

String 8Fret 2

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 E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, with the F# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenEb7

Fret 2F#1

Fret 3Gb2

Fret 5Ab3

Fret 7B4

Fret 8Cb5

Fret 10Db6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Locrian Scale on the low E string at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E 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 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.