Tuning-specific scale diagram
Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning
Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same ab natural minor (aeolian) 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, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb
- Formula
- 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
- Parent scale
- B 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
None of the 7 open strings belongs to Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low G string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low G string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 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.
Fretboard diagram
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