Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same eb minor add9 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: Eb, Gb, Bb, F
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Ebmadd9, Ebminadd9
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

1 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 3 F (9). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F9

First root on each string

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 3Bb5

Fret 8Eb1

Fret 10F9

Fret 11Gbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.