Tuning-specific scale diagram

Ab Major (Ionian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

Ab Major (Ionian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same ab major (ionian) scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string extends the pattern below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Scale notes: Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G
Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 4 5 7 9 11
Parent scale: Ab major
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 7 open strings belong to Ab Major (Ionian) Scale: string 7 G (7), string 5 G (7), string 4 C (3), and string 3 F (6). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7G7

String 5G7

String 4C3

String 3F6

First root on each string

String 7Fret 1

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the Ab root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

OpenG7

Fret 1Ab1

Fret 3Bb2

Fret 5C3

Fret 6Db4

Fret 8Eb5

Fret 10F6

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major (Ionian) Scale on the low G string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.