Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Minor Blues Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F# Minor Blues Scale in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f# minor blues scale pitch classes across 8 strings tuned E 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#, A, B, C, C#, E
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

6 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Minor Blues Scale: string 8 E (b7), string 7 B (4), string 6 E (b7), string 5 A (b3), string 2 B (4), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 8Eb7

String 7B4

String 6Eb7

String 5Ab3

String 2B4

String 1Eb7

First root on each string

String 8Fret 2

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 E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, with the F# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenEb7

Fret 2F#1

Fret 5Ab3

Fret 7B4

Fret 8Cb5

Fret 9C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Minor Blues Scale on the low E string at frets 0, 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E 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 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.