Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Melodic Minor Scale in Open G Tuning

F# Melodic Minor Scale in Open G Tuning shows the same f# melodic minor scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 11
Tuning: D G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Melodic Minor Scale: string 2 B (4). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2B4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 1D#6

Fret 3E#7

Fret 4F#1

Fret 6G#2

Fret 7Ab3

Fret 9B4

Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Melodic Minor Scale on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B 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 4, 11, 4, 11, 7, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.