Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Phrygian Scale in Drop C Tuning

F# Phrygian Scale in Drop C Tuning shows the same f# phrygian scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C F 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 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: D major
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Phrygian Scale: string 5 G (b2), 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 5Gb2

String 2Ab3

String 1Db6

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

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 D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

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 5 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, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.