Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Minor Pentatonic Scale in C Standard Tuning

F# Minor Pentatonic Scale in C Standard Tuning shows the same f# minor pentatonic 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#, A, B, C#, E
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 7 10
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F# Minor 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 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, 4, 6, 9, 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 4Eb7

Fret 6F#1

Fret 9Ab3

Fret 11B4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 11, 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, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.