Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same d 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
D, F, A, C#
Formula
1 b3 5 7
Semitones
0 3 7 11
Chord symbols
DmMaj7, DmM7
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

3 of the 7 open strings belong to D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 7 A (5), string 5 A (5), and string 4 D (1). D roots occur on open string 4.

String 7A5
String 5A5
String 4D1

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 A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 5, and 8, with the D root at fret 5. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

OpenA5
Fret 4C#7
Fret 5D1
Fret 8Fb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 4, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 7 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 5, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning fretboard diagram
D Minor-Major 7 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