Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

A Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same a dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: A, C#, E, G, B#
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 #9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 15
Chord symbols: A7#9
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 7 open strings belong to A Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 7 G (b7), string 5 G (b7), string 4 B# (#9), and string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open string 2.

String 7Gb7

String 5Gb7

String 4B##9

String 2A1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 2

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, and 9, with the A root at fret 2. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

OpenGb7

Fret 2A1

Fret 5B##9

Fret 6C#3

Fret 9E5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.