Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same f minor add9 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: F, Ab, C, G
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Fmadd9, Fminadd9
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

4 of the 7 open strings belong to F Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 7 G (9), string 5 G (9), string 4 C (5), and string 3 F (1). F roots occur on open string 3.

String 7G9

String 5G9

String 4C5

String 3F1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 10

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, with the F root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first F is at fret 3.

OpenG9

Fret 1Abb3

Fret 5C5

Fret 10F1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 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 10, 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.