Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
E Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning
E Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e dominant 7 sharp 9 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
- E, G#, B, D, F##
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 #9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 15
- Chord symbols
- E7#9
- 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
4 of the 7 open strings belong to E Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 7 F## (#9), string 6 D (b7), string 5 F## (#9), and string 1 D (b7). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 4, 7, and 9, with the E root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play E Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 1, 4, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets F## on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the E root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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