Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Major 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

E Major 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e major 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 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: Emaj9, EM9
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

None of the 7 open strings belongs to E Major 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low G string.

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, 8, 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 8D#7

Fret 9E1

Fret 11F#9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Major 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 4, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest E root each time the line changes strings.
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.