Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

F# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same f# minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
F#, A, C#, E, G#
Formula
1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones
0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols
F#m9, F#min9
Tuning
D G D G B D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F# Minor 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4
String 5Fret 11
String 4Fret 4
String 3Fret 11
String 2Fret 7
String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, 7, and 11, with the F# root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 2Eb7
Fret 4F#1
Fret 6G#9
Fret 7Ab3
Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 4, 6, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F# root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 11, 4, 11, 7, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G D G B D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings