Tuning-specific scale diagram

G Minor Blues Scale in Drop C Tuning

G Minor Blues Scale in Drop C Tuning shows the same g minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: G, Bb, C, Db, D, F
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

5 of the 6 open strings belong to G Minor Blues Scale: string 6 C (4), string 5 G (1), string 4 C (4), string 3 F (b7), and string 1 D (5). G roots occur on open string 5.

String 6C4

String 5G1

String 4C4

String 3Fb7

String 1D5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10, with the G root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first G is at fret 5.

OpenC4

Fret 1Dbb5

Fret 2D5

Fret 5Fb7

Fret 7G1

Fret 10Bbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Minor Blues Scale on the low C string at frets 0, 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other scale tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.