Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Dominant 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F Dominant 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f dominant 7 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: F, A, C, Eb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 4 7 10
Chord symbols: F7
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to F Dominant 7 Arpeggio: string 5 A (3). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 1

String 7Fret 6

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 8, and 11, with the F root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 1F1

Fret 5A3

Fret 8C5

Fret 11Ebb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Dominant 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.