Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in DADGAD Tuning

F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in DADGAD Tuning shows the same f# natural minor (aeolian) scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D A D G A 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 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: A major
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

5 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 6 D (b6), string 5 A (b3), string 4 D (b6), string 2 A (b3), and string 1 D (b6). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Db6

String 5Ab3

String 4Db6

String 2Ab3

String 1Db6

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 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.

OpenDb6

Fret 2Eb7

Fret 4F#1

Fret 6G#2

Fret 7Ab3

Fret 9B4

Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low D string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 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, 9, 4, 11, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.