Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c 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: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: Eb 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

6 of the 7 open strings belong to C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 7 G (5), string 6 D (2), string 5 G (5), string 4 C (1), string 3 F (4), and string 1 D (2). C roots occur on open string 4.

String 7G5

String 6D2

String 5G5

String 4C1

String 3F4

String 1D2

First root on each string

String 7Fret 5

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, with the C root at fret 5. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

OpenG5

Fret 1Abb6

Fret 3Bbb7

Fret 5C1

Fret 7D2

Fret 8Ebb3

Fret 10F4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low G string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 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 C root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 5, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.