Tuning-specific scale diagram

F Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

F Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same f minor 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: F, Ab, Bb, Cb, C, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
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 F Minor Blues Scale: string 2 Cb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Cbb5

First root on each string

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 11, with the F root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 1Bb4

Fret 2Cbb5

Fret 3C5

Fret 6Ebb7

Fret 8F1

Fret 11Abb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor Blues Scale on the low A string at frets 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other scale tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.