Music Theory Tools

Guitar tuning

7-String Standard Tuning

Seven-string standard adds a low B below six-string standard tuning.

Notes low to high
BEADGBE
Strings
7
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
B1 to E4
24-fret pitch range
B1 to E6
Also called
B Standard 7-String, BEADGBE

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

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

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

Scale diagrams in this tuning

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

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

B Minor Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Standard Tuning B Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Standard Tuning B Diminished Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Standard Tuning B Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar Arpeggio 7-String Standard Tuning