Tuning-specific scale diagram

E Dorian Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

E Dorian Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e dorian 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: E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: D 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

5 of the 7 open strings belong to E Dorian Scale: string 7 G (b3), string 6 D (b7), string 5 G (b3), string 2 A (4), and string 1 D (b7). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Gb3

String 6Db7

String 5Gb3

String 2A4

String 1Db7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the E root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

OpenGb3

Fret 2A4

Fret 4B5

Fret 6C#6

Fret 7Db7

Fret 9E1

Fret 11F#2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Dorian Scale on the low G string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other scale tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.