Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

F Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same f minor arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# 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, Ab, C
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Fm, Fmin
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to F Minor Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low F# string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 11

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 F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 6, and 11, with the F root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 2Abb3

Fret 6C5

Fret 11F1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 2, 6, 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 8 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.