Music Theory Tools

Guitar tuning

8-String Standard Tuning

Eight-string standard adds a low F# below seven-string standard tuning.

Notes low to high
F#BEADGBE
Strings
8
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
F#1 to E4
24-fret pitch range
F#1 to E6
Also called
F# Standard 8-String, F#BEADGBE

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

Start with 8-string standard tuning loaded, then adjust root, scale, fret count, labels, colors, and orientation.

Open in interactive fretboard
F# Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale low-register riff and lead vocabulary F# Minor Blues Guitar Scale heavier blues and rock phrasing F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale minor-key extended-range reference F# Phrygian Guitar Scale dark low-root color for extended-range riffs

Scale diagrams in this tuning

F# Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale 8-String Standard Tuning F# Minor Blues Guitar Scale 8-String Standard Tuning F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale 8-String Standard Tuning F# Phrygian Guitar Scale 8-String Standard Tuning
F# Minor Guitar Arpeggio low-register minor-triad outline F# Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh vocabulary across the extra strings F# Diminished Guitar Arpeggio flat-fifth color in the lower register F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio half-diminished color across the extra strings

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

F# Minor Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Standard Tuning F# Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Standard Tuning F# Diminished Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Standard Tuning F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Standard Tuning