Tuning-specific scale diagram

Eb Phrygian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

Eb Phrygian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same eb phrygian 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, Bb, Cb, Db
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: B 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

3 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Phrygian Scale: string 6 Fb (b2), 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 6Fbb2

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 1, 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.

Fret 1Bb5

Fret 2Cbb6

Fret 4Dbb7

Fret 6Eb1

Fret 7Fbb2

Fret 9Gbb3

Fret 11Ab4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Phrygian Scale on the low A string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 6 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.