Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning

Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb natural minor (aeolian) scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned B 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, Cb, Db
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: Gb major
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 7 Cb (b6) and string 2 Cb (b6). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Cbb6

String 2Cbb6

First root on each string

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

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

OpenCbb6

Fret 2Dbb7

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 6F2

Fret 7Gbb3

Fret 9Ab4

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb 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 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.