Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

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

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

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 9, 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 9Abb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 6, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets G on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. 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.

Fretboard diagram

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings