Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

E Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e dominant 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 14
Chord symbols: E9
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

2 of the 7 open strings belong to E Dominant 9 Arpeggio: string 6 D (b7) and string 1 D (b7). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Db7

String 1Db7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 11, with the E root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 1G#3

Fret 4B5

Fret 7Db7

Fret 9E1

Fret 11F#9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 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.