Music Theory Tools

Guitar tuning

Drop B Tuning

Drop B is a low six-string tuning that keeps the dropped power-chord relationship on the lowest strings.

Notes low to high
BF#BEG#C#
Strings
6
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
B1 to C#4
24-fret pitch range
B1 to C#6
Also called
BF#BEG#C#

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

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

Open in interactive fretboard
B Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale common riff and lead vocabulary for drop tunings B Minor Blues Guitar Scale heavier blues-rock phrasing B Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale minor-key rhythm and lead reference B Phrygian Guitar Scale dark minor color for low-tuned riffs

Scale diagrams in this tuning

B Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale Drop B Tuning B Minor Blues Guitar Scale Drop B Tuning B Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale Drop B Tuning B Phrygian Guitar Scale Drop B Tuning
B Minor Guitar Arpeggio minor-triad outline for drop-tuned riffs B Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh vocabulary for lower tunings B Diminished Guitar Arpeggio flat-fifth color for heavier progressions B Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio half-diminished color around the low root

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

B Minor Guitar Arpeggio Drop B Tuning B Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio Drop B Tuning B Diminished Guitar Arpeggio Drop B Tuning B Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio Drop B Tuning