Tuning-specific scale diagram

G Major Pentatonic Scale in Drop C# Tuning

G Major Pentatonic Scale in Drop C# Tuning shows the same g major pentatonic 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: G, A, B, D, E
Formula: 1 2 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 4 7 9
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to G Major 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 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, 3, 6, 8, and 10, with the G root at fret 6. On the highest D# string, the first G is at fret 4.

Fret 1D5

Fret 3E6

Fret 6G1

Fret 8A2

Fret 10B3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Major Pentatonic Scale on the low C# string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest G root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the G 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.