Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Major Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

Eb Major Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same eb major blues 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, G, Bb, C
Formula: 1 2 b3 3 5 6
Semitones: 0 2 3 4 7 9
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

1 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Major Blues Scale: string 3 G (3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G3

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, 6, 8, 9, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1Bb5

Fret 3C6

Fret 6Eb1

Fret 8F2

Fret 9Gbb3

Fret 10G3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Major Blues Scale on the low A string at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 3 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.