Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Phrygian Scale in C Standard Tuning

F# Phrygian Scale in C Standard Tuning shows the same f# phrygian 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 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: D 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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Phrygian Scale: string 2 G (b2). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Gb2

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, 2, 4, 6, 7, 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 2Db6

Fret 4Eb7

Fret 6F#1

Fret 7Gb2

Fret 9Ab3

Fret 11B4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Phrygian Scale on the low C string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G 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 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.