Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c minor 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: C, Eb, G
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Cm, Cmin
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

3 of the 7 open strings belong to C Minor Arpeggio: string 7 G (5), string 5 G (5), and string 4 C (1). C roots occur on open string 4.

String 7G5

String 5G5

String 4C1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 5

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 5, and 8, with the C root at fret 5. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

OpenG5

Fret 5C1

Fret 8Ebb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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