Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Major Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning

F# Major Pentatonic Scale in B Standard Tuning shows the same f# major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: F#, G#, A#, C#, D#
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 4 7 9
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Major Pentatonic Scale: string 2 F# (1). F# roots occur on open string 2.

String 2F#1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 7. On the highest B string, the first F# is at fret 7.

Fret 2C#5

Fret 4D#6

Fret 7F#1

Fret 9G#2

Fret 11A#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major Pentatonic Scale on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 2 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, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.