Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

F# Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# minor arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# 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#
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: F#m, F#min
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Minor Arpeggio: string 8 F# (1) and string 5 A (b3). F# roots occur on open string 8.

String 8F#1

String 5Ab3

First root on each string

String 8Open

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 F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, and 7, with the F# root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

OpenF#1

Fret 3Ab3

Fret 7C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Minor Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 0, 3, and 7, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 8 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F# root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.