Tuning-specific scale diagram

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning

Bb Harmonic Minor Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb harmonic minor scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string extends the pattern below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Scale notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, A
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 11
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 7 open strings belong to Bb Harmonic Minor Scale: string 5 A (7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 1C2

Fret 2Dbb3

Fret 4Eb4

Fret 6F5

Fret 7Gbb6

Fret 10A7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Harmonic Minor Scale on the low B string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.