F Minor Hexatonic Guitar Scale — Baritone (B Standard)
Guitar scale in Baritone (B Standard) tuning — fretboard diagram
F Minor Hexatonic in Baritone (B Standard) — Notes and Intervals
The F Minor Hexatonic scale is a six-note scale that bridges the gap between the minor pentatonic and full modal scales. On Guitar, it contains the notes F, G, Ab, Bb, C, E. It has a soulful, minor character but offers more melodic flexibility, making it a common choice for blues and jazz-rock soloing. Commonly used in Blues, Jazz-Rock, R&B, Soul. Notable players include B.B. King, Albert King, John Mayer. Use over m7 chords and blues changes. More flexible than minor pentatonic but less complex than full Dorian.
Notes: F, G, Ab, Bb, C, E
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 3m, 4P, 5P, 7M
Degrees: 1 2 b3 4 5 6
Formula: W-H-W-W-4-H
Number of notes: 6
Tuning: Baritone (B Standard) (B-E-A-D-F#-B)
About Baritone (B Standard) Tuning
The baritone guitar is tuned a perfect fourth lower than standard guitar (B-E-A-D-F#-B), producing a distinctly beefy tone with serious low-end depth that sits perfectly between guitar and bass. Its rich, dark voice has made it a secret weapon in film scoring, ambient music, and moody songwriting where you need that unmistakable low-end warmth without losing clarity.
Unlike simply tuning a standard guitar down (which causes floppy strings and muddy tone), the baritone guitar uses a longer scale length (typically 27"-30") designed specifically for lower tunings. This gives each note clarity and definition even in the lowest register. Session musicians, film composers, and bedroom producers alike reach for the baritone when they need dark, atmospheric textures, doom-laden riffs, or simply a different sonic palette that standard guitar can't deliver.
Notable artists: Pat Metheny, Nels Cline, Brian Setzer, Baritone session players in Nashville
Best for: Moody songwriting, film scoring, ambient textures, doom metal, and any production that needs low-end depth with clarity
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- F Minor Hexatonic in Standard Tuning
- F Minor Hexatonic in Drop D
- F Minor Hexatonic in DADGAD
- F Minor Hexatonic in Open G
- F Minor Hexatonic in 7-string
- F Minor Hexatonic in 8-string
- F Minor Hexatonic in Drop C
- F Minor Hexatonic in Drop B
- F Minor Hexatonic in Open D
- F Minor Hexatonic in Half Step Down
- F Minor Hexatonic in Open E
- F Minor Hexatonic in Open A
- F Minor Hexatonic in Double Drop D
- F Minor Hexatonic in Open C