Tuning-specific scale diagram
Bb Minor Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning
Bb Minor Pentatonic Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same bb 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
- Bb, Db, Eb, F, Ab
- 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
1 of the 7 open strings belong to Bb Minor Pentatonic Scale: string 3 F (5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 3F5
First root on each string
String 7Fret 3
String 6Fret 8
String 5Fret 3
String 4Fret 10
String 3Fret 5
String 2Fret 1
String 1Fret 8
Low-string pattern
On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 3. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.
Fret 1Abb7
Fret 3Bb1
Fret 6Dbb3
Fret 8Eb4
Fret 10F5
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Bb Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low G string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 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 3, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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