Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

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

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

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

String 3E#7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, 10, and 11, with the F# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 1G#9

Fret 3A#3

Fret 6C#5

Fret 10E#7

Fret 11F#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 3, 6, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E# on open string 3 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.