Tuning-specific scale diagram
Bb Major Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning
Bb Major Pentatonic Scale in Open C Tuning shows the same bb major pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.
- Scale notes
- BbCDFG
- Formula
- 1 2 3 5 6
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 7 9
- Tuning
- C G C G C E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- C2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- C2 to E6
How this layout changes
The notes are the same pitch classes as the main Bb Major Pentatonic Scale page, but they are mapped across 6 strings in open c tuning.
Use this diagram to compare the Bb root notes against the C low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.
Fretboard diagram
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Same scale in other tunings
E Flat Standard Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb D Standard Tuning D G C F A D C Standard Tuning C F Bb Eb G C B Standard Tuning B E A D F# B Drop D Tuning D A D G B E Drop C# Tuning C# G# C# F# A# D# Drop C Tuning C G C F A D Drop B Tuning B F# B E G# C# DADGAD Tuning D A D G A D Open E Tuning E B E G# B E Open D Tuning D A D F# A D Open G Tuning D G D G B D Open A Tuning E A E A C# E 7-String Standard Tuning B E A D G B E 7-String Drop A Tuning A E A D G B E 7-String Drop G Tuning G D G C F A D 8-String Standard Tuning F# B E A D G B E 8-String Drop E Tuning E B E A D G B E