Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Locrian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

Eb Locrian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same eb locrian 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, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: E 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

5 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Locrian Scale: string 7 Bbb (b5), string 6 Fb (b2), string 5 Bbb (b5), string 2 Cb (b6), and string 1 Fb (b2). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Bbbb5

String 6Fbb2

String 5Bbbb5

String 2Cbb6

String 1Fbb2

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 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

OpenBbbb5

Fret 2Cbb6

Fret 4Dbb7

Fret 6Eb1

Fret 7Fbb2

Fret 9Gbb3

Fret 11Ab4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Locrian Scale on the low A string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other scale tones.
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.