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E Major (Ionian) Scale in Drop C Tuning

E Major (Ionian) Scale in Drop C Tuning shows the same e major (ionian) 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
EF#G#ABC#D#
Formula
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Semitones
0 2 4 5 7 9 11
Parent scale
E major
Tuning
C G C F A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to D4
24-fret range
C2 to D6

How this layout changes

The notes are the same pitch classes as the main E Major (Ionian) Scale page, but they are mapped across 6 strings in drop c tuning.

Use this diagram to compare the E root notes against the C low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.

Fretboard diagram

E Major (Ionian) Scale in Drop C Tuning fretboard diagram E Major (Ionian) Scale in Drop C Tuning fretboard diagram

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Start with E Major (Ionian) Scale and drop c tuning loaded, then adjust labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.

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Reference pages

E Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale Main scale reference Drop C Tuning Tuning notes and range
E Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning E Major Blues Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning E Mixolydian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning E Lydian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning F# Dorian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning Ab Phrygian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning A Lydian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning B Mixolydian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning C# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning Eb Locrian Guitar Scale Drop C Tuning
E Major Guitar Arpeggio Drop C Tuning E Major 7 Guitar Arpeggio Drop C Tuning

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 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 C Tuning C G C G C E 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