Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same f# minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
F#, A, C#, E#
Formula
1 b3 5 7
Semitones
0 3 7 11
Chord symbols
F#mMaj7, F#mM7
Tuning
D A D G B E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to E4
24-fret range
D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Ab3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4
String 5Fret 9
String 4Fret 4
String 3Fret 11
String 2Fret 7
String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 4, 7, and 11, with the F# root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 3E#7
Fret 4F#1
Fret 7Ab3
Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 3, 4, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings