Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# augmented major 7 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#, A#, C##, E#
Formula
1 3 #5 7
Semitones
0 4 8 11
Chord symbols
F#augMaj7, F#+Maj7
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

2 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio: string 8 F# (1) and string 4 C## (#5). F# roots occur on open string 8.

String 8F#1
String 4C###5

First root on each string

String 8Open
String 7Fret 7
String 6Fret 2
String 5Fret 9
String 4Fret 4
String 3Fret 11
String 2Fret 7
String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 8, and 11, with the F# root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenF#1
Fret 4A#3
Fret 8C###5
Fret 11E#7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 0, 4, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 8 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the F# root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing F# B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings