Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

F Minor 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same f minor 7 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: F, Ab, C, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 7 10
Chord symbols: Fm7, Fmin7
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

None of the 7 open strings belongs to F Minor 7 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, 8, and 11, with the F root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 3C5

Fret 6Ebb7

Fret 8F1

Fret 11Abb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 3, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.