Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Locrian Scale in Drop C# Tuning

F# Locrian Scale in Drop C# Tuning shows the same f# locrian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

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: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Locrian Scale: string 3 F# (1). F# roots occur on open string 3.

String 3F#1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the F# root at fret 5. On the highest D# string, the first F# is at fret 3.

Fret 1Db6

Fret 3Eb7

Fret 5F#1

Fret 6Gb2

Fret 8Ab3

Fret 10B4

Fret 11Cb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Locrian Scale on the low C# string at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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 5, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.