Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

E Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e power chord 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, B
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: E5
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 Power Chord 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 4 and 9, with the E root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 4B5

Fret 9E1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Power Chord Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 4 and 9, 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.