Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

F Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same f major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B 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: F, A, C, G
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Fadd9, Fadd2
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to F Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 5 A (3) and string 3 G (9). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A3

String 3G9

First root on each string

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 B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 6, 8, and 10, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 1C5

Fret 6F1

Fret 8G9

Fret 10A3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 6, 8, and 10, 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 7 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.