Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
F# Minor 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning
F# Minor 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same f# minor 7 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
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 10
- Chord symbols
- F#m7, F#min7
- 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
4 of the 7 open strings belong to F# Minor 7 Arpeggio: string 7 A (b3), string 6 E (b7), string 5 A (b3), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 7, and 9, with the F# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play F# Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 4, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets A on open string 7 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 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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