Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Melodic Minor Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

F# Melodic Minor Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same f# melodic minor scale pitch classes across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string extends the pattern below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Scale notes: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E#
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 9 11
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to F# Melodic Minor Scale: string 3 E# (7) and string 2 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3E#7

String 2Ab3

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the F# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 1G#2

Fret 2Ab3

Fret 4B4

Fret 6C#5

Fret 8D#6

Fret 10E#7

Fret 11F#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Melodic Minor Scale on the low G string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E# on open string 3 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.