Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Dorian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

Eb Dorian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same eb dorian scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned A 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: Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 10
Parent scale: Db major
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to Eb Dorian Scale. Every scale tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 6

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1Bb5

Fret 3C6

Fret 4Dbb7

Fret 6Eb1

Fret 8F2

Fret 9Gbb3

Fret 11Ab4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Dorian Scale on the low A string at frets 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the scale without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Eb root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.