Tuning-specific scale diagram

Ab Minor Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

Ab Minor Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same ab minor pentatonic 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, Cb, Db, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 7 10
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

None of the 7 open strings belongs to Ab Minor Pentatonic Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low G string.

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 1, 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

Fret 1Ab1

Fret 4Cbb3

Fret 6Db4

Fret 8Eb5

Fret 11Gbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low G string at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Ab root each time the line changes strings.
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.