Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same d dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B 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
D, F#, A, C, Eb
Formula
1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones
0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols
D7b9
Tuning
B E A D G B E
Strings
7
Open pitch range
B1 to E4
24-fret range
B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 A (5) and string 4 D (1). D roots occur on open string 4.

String 5A5
String 4D1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 3
String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Open
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 3
String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10, with the D root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

Fret 1Cb7
Fret 3D1
Fret 4Ebb9
Fret 7F#3
Fret 10A5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the D root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings