Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Major Blues Scale in Drop C# Tuning

F# Major Blues Scale in Drop C# Tuning shows the same f# major blues 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, A#, C#, D#
Formula: 1 2 b3 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 3 4 7 9
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

6 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Major Blues Scale: string 6 C# (5), string 5 G# (2), string 4 C# (5), string 3 F# (1), string 2 A# (3), and string 1 D# (6). F# roots occur on open string 3.

String 6C#5

String 5G#2

String 4C#5

String 3F#1

String 2A#3

String 1D#6

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 0, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, with the F# root at fret 5. On the highest D# string, the first F# is at fret 3.

OpenC#5

Fret 2D#6

Fret 5F#1

Fret 7G#2

Fret 8Ab3

Fret 9A#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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