Tuning-specific scale diagram

G Phrygian Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning

G Phrygian Scale in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same g phrygian 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: G, Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F
Formula: 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
Semitones: 0 1 3 5 7 8 10
Parent scale: Eb major
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

6 of the 7 open strings belong to G Phrygian Scale: string 7 G (1), string 6 D (5), string 5 G (1), string 4 C (4), string 3 F (b7), and string 1 D (5). G roots occur on open strings 7 and 5.

String 7G1

String 6D5

String 5G1

String 4C4

String 3Fb7

String 1D5

First root on each string

String 7Open

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

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

OpenG1

Fret 1Abb2

Fret 3Bbb3

Fret 5C4

Fret 7D5

Fret 8Ebb6

Fret 10Fb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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