Tuning-specific scale diagram

E Locrian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

E Locrian Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same e 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: E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 6 8 10
Parent scale: F 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

6 of the 7 open strings belong to E Locrian Scale: string 7 A (4), string 6 E (1), string 5 A (4), string 4 D (b7), string 3 G (b3), and string 1 E (1). E roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 7A4

String 6E1

String 5A4

String 4Db7

String 3Gb3

String 1E1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 7

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, with the E root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first E is at fret 0.

OpenA4

Fret 1Bbb5

Fret 3Cb6

Fret 5Db7

Fret 7E1

Fret 8Fb2

Fret 10Gb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Locrian Scale on the low A string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other scale tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.