Open E Tuning scales

Fretboard and scales for Open E tuning (E-B-E-G#-B-E) with diagrams and explanation.
Open E guitar tuning with fretboard and scales graphics including major and pentatonic blues scales. Keep in mind that these instructions are invalid for guitars in standard tuning.

Open E Tuning fingerboard notes

The notes on the fingerboard with the guitar tuned to Open E.

The fingerboard diagram shows all notes with letters in Open E Tuning on the guitar covering twelve frets.

Major scale

E Major Scale presented.

E Major is obviously the key scale for this particular tuning and the E Major Scale is convenient in open position. The fingerboard diagram below shows a E Major scale over two octaves with the root notes on open strings. It may be not optimal to play four notes on a string when playing trough scales, but if the A note should be included in the first octave it has to be four notes on the 6th string with this particular pattern in open position.

Notes: E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - E# Intervals: 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 Type: Septonic 

Whole fretboard

Blues scale

The Blues scale in E in open position.

The fingerboard diagram below shows a E Pentatonic Blues scale in Open E tuning.

Notes: E - G - A - A# - B - D Intervals: 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 2 Type: Hexatonic

Whole fretboard

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