Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Major (Ionian) Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning

F# Major (Ionian) Scale in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned F# 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 2 3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 11
Parent scale: F# major
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Major (Ionian) Scale: string 8 F# (1), string 7 B (4), and string 2 B (4). F# roots occur on open string 8.

String 8F#1

String 7B4

String 2B4

First root on each string

String 8Open

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 F# string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenF#1

Fret 2G#2

Fret 4A#3

Fret 5B4

Fret 7C#5

Fret 9D#6

Fret 11E#7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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