Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

B Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same b power chord 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
B, F#
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
B5
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

1 of the 7 open strings belong to B Power Chord Arpeggio: string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open string 2.

String 2B1

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 A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2 and 9, with the B root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

Fret 2B1
Fret 9F#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play B Power Chord Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 2 and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets B on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the B 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.

Fretboard diagram

B Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning fretboard diagram
B Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing A E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings