Tuning-specific scale diagram

C# Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning

C# Minor Blues Scale in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same c# minor blues 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: C#EF#GG#B
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
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 C# Minor Blues Scale page, but they are mapped across 7 strings in 7-string drop a tuning.

Use this diagram to compare the C# root notes against the A low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.

Fretboard diagram

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Reference pages

C# Minor Blues Guitar Scale Main scale reference 7-String Drop A Tuning Tuning notes and range

C# Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale 7-String Drop A Tuning C# Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale 7-String Drop A Tuning C# Dorian Guitar Scale 7-String Drop A Tuning

C# Minor Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop A Tuning C# Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop A Tuning C# Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop A 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