Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

A Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same a major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: A, C#, E, G#
Formula: 1 3 5 7
Semitones: 0 4 7 11
Chord symbols: Amaj7, AM7
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to A Major 7 Arpeggio: string 6 E (5), string 5 A (1), and string 1 E (5). A roots occur on open string 5.

String 6E5

String 5A1

String 1E5

First root on each string

String 8Fret 3

String 7Fret 10

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 3, 7, and 10, with the A root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

Fret 2G#7

Fret 3A1

Fret 7C#3

Fret 10E5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Major 7 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 2, 3, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.