7-string guitar range

The 7-string guitar’s range in notes and hertz

A seven-string is almost always an electric, so the top is 21 to 24 frets above the high E. Dropping the low B to A moves the bottom down a tone.

Written and sounding pitch

The 7-string guitar is a transposing instrument: it sounds an octave lower than written. So the range on its part is B2–C♯7, while the notes you hear are B1–C♯6. The transposing-instrument tuner reads out the written note as you play.

Instruments with a similar range

The instruments whose normal range shares the most notes with the 7-string guitar’s:

• 8-string guitar · F♯1–C♯6 51 notes shared
• Piano · A0–C8 51 notes shared
• Cello · C2–A6 50 notes shared
• Harp · C2–A6 50 notes shared
• Marimba · C2–C7 50 notes shared
• Baritone guitar · B1–B5 49 notes shared

Tune it, play it

• 7-string guitar tuner — tune by microphone, with the 7-string guitar’s own target notes.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Wikipedia, Guitar
• Range computed from the open strings (B1 to E4) and the fret count (21 to 24 frets).