Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Major (Ionian) Scale in C Standard Tuning

F# Major (Ionian) Scale in C Standard Tuning shows the same f# major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

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: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Major (Ionian) Scale: string 5 E# (7), string 4 A# (3), and string 3 D# (6). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5E#7

String 4A#3

String 3D#6

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

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 6. On the highest C string, the first F# is at fret 6.

Fret 1C#5

Fret 3D#6

Fret 5E#7

Fret 6F#1

Fret 8G#2

Fret 10A#3

Fret 11B4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major (Ionian) 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 E# on open string 5 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 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.