Tuning-specific scale diagram
Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning
Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same ab 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
- AbBbBDbEbEGb
- Formula
- 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
- Semitones
- 0 2 3 5 7 8 10
- Parent scale
- B major
- Tuning
- A E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- A1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- A1 to E6
How this layout changes
The notes are the same pitch classes as the main Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Scale page, but they are mapped across 7 strings in 7-string drop a tuning.
Use this diagram to compare the Ab root notes against the A low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.
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Related arpeggio diagrams in this tuning
Same scale in other tunings
E Flat Standard Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb D Standard Tuning D G C F A D C Standard Tuning C F Bb Eb G C B Standard Tuning B E A D F# B Drop D Tuning D A D G B E Drop C# Tuning C# G# C# F# A# D# Drop C Tuning C G C F A D Drop B Tuning B F# B E G# C# DADGAD Tuning D A D G A D Open E Tuning E B E G# B E Open D Tuning D A D F# A D Open G Tuning D G D G B D Open C Tuning C G C G C E Open A Tuning E A E A C# E 7-String Standard Tuning B E A D G B E 7-String Drop G Tuning G D G C F A D 8-String Standard Tuning F# B E A D G B E 8-String Drop E Tuning E B E A D G B E