Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f major 9 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, E, G
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: Fmaj9, FM9
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

5 of the 8 open strings belong to F Major 9 Arpeggio: string 8 E (7), string 6 E (7), string 5 A (3), string 3 G (9), and string 1 E (7). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 8E7

String 6E7

String 5A3

String 3G9

String 1E7

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 0, 1, 3, 5, and 8, with the F root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

OpenE7

Fret 1F1

Fret 3G9

Fret 5A3

Fret 8C5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 0, 1, 3, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 8 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.