Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Major Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning

F# Major Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning shows the same f# major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F# Major Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, with the F# root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 1C#5

Fret 3D#6

Fret 6F#1

Fret 8G#2

Fret 10A#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major Pentatonic Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F# root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 11, 6, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.