Tuning-specific scale diagram

F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same f# natural minor (aeolian) 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#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E
Formula: 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: A 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 F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale: string 7 A (b3), string 6 E (b7), string 5 A (b3), string 4 D (b6), string 2 B (4), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Ab3

String 6Eb7

String 5Ab3

String 4Db6

String 2B4

String 1Eb7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenAb3

Fret 2B4

Fret 4C#5

Fret 5Db6

Fret 7Eb7

Fret 9F#1

Fret 11G#2

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale on the low A string at frets 0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 7 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 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.