Tuning-specific scale diagram

D Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

D Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same d minor blues 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: D, F, G, Ab, A, C
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 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

7 of the 7 open strings belong to D Minor Blues Scale: string 7 G (4), string 6 D (1), string 5 G (4), string 4 C (b7), string 3 F (b3), string 2 A (5), and string 1 D (1). D roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 7G4

String 6D1

String 5G4

String 4Cb7

String 3Fb3

String 2A5

String 1D1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 7

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10, with the D root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first D is at fret 0.

OpenG4

Fret 1Abb5

Fret 2A5

Fret 5Cb7

Fret 7D1

Fret 10Fb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Minor Blues Scale on the low G string at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 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 D root and two other scale tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.