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Guitar tuning

7-String Drop G Tuning

Seven-string drop G transposes the drop-A layout down a whole step for a deeper modern extended-range sound.

Notes low to high
GDGCFAD
Strings
7
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
G1 to D4
24-fret pitch range
G1 to D6
Also called
GDGCFAD

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

Start with 7-string drop g tuning loaded, then adjust root, scale, fret count, labels, colors, and orientation.

Open in interactive fretboard
G Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale low-register riff and lead vocabulary G Minor Blues Guitar Scale heavier blues and rock phrasing G Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale minor-key extended-range reference G Phrygian Guitar Scale dark low-root color for extended-range riffs

Scale diagrams in this tuning

G Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale 7-String Drop G Tuning G Minor Blues Guitar Scale 7-String Drop G Tuning G Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale 7-String Drop G Tuning G Phrygian Guitar Scale 7-String Drop G Tuning
G Minor Guitar Arpeggio low-register minor-triad outline G Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh vocabulary across the extra strings G Diminished Guitar Arpeggio flat-fifth color in the lower register G Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio half-diminished color across the extra strings

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

G Minor Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop G Tuning G Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop G Tuning G Diminished Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop G Tuning G Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Drop G Tuning