Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Minor 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

E Minor 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same e minor 9 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: E, G, B, D, F#
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Em9, Emin9
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

5 of the 7 open strings belong to E Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 6 E (1), string 4 D (b7), string 3 G (b3), string 2 B (5), and string 1 E (1). E roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 6E1

String 4Db7

String 3Gb3

String 2B5

String 1E1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 7

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 7, 9, and 10, with the E root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first E is at fret 0.

Fret 2B5

Fret 5Db7

Fret 7E1

Fret 9F#9

Fret 10Gb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 2, 5, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E 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 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.