Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
A Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning
A Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same a minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. 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#
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 7
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 11
- Chord symbols
- AmMaj7, AmM7
- Tuning
- A E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- A1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- A1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
4 of the 7 open strings belong to A Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 7 A (1), string 6 E (5), string 5 A (1), and string 1 E (5). A roots occur on open strings 7 and 5.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 7, and 11, with the A root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play A Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 3, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets A 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 0, 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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