Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Major Add9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F# Major Add9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f# major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E 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#, G#
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: F#add9, F#add2
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to F# Major Add9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 2

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 E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, and 9, with the F# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 2F#1

Fret 4G#9

Fret 6A#3

Fret 9C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 6, and 9, 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 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.