Music Theory Tools

Guitar tuning

B Standard Tuning

B standard is a common baritone tuning that gives a six-string guitar a range similar to a standard seven-string without the high E.

Notes low to high
BEADF#B
Strings
6
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
B1 to B3
24-fret pitch range
B1 to B5
Also called
Baritone Standard, BEADF#B

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

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

Open in interactive fretboard
B Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale core scale for this tuning's low-string root B Minor Blues Guitar Scale blues and rock vocabulary around the low-string root B Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale full minor-key reference pattern B Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale major-scale reference pattern

Scale diagrams in this tuning

B Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale B Standard Tuning B Minor Blues Guitar Scale B Standard Tuning B Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale B Standard Tuning B Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale B Standard Tuning
B Minor Guitar Arpeggio core minor-triad outline around the tuning root B Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh vocabulary around the tuning root B Major Guitar Arpeggio major-triad reference around the tuning root B Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio dominant seventh reference around the tuning root

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

B Minor Guitar Arpeggio B Standard Tuning B Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio B Standard Tuning B Major Guitar Arpeggio B Standard Tuning B Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio B Standard Tuning