Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Major 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

F# Major 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same f# major 9 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#, A#, C#, E#, G#
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: F#maj9, F#M9
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# Major 9 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 9

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 8, 9, and 11, with the F# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 1A#3

Fret 4C#5

Fret 8E#7

Fret 9F#1

Fret 11G#9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major 9 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 1, 4, 8, 9, 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 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.