Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

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

Chord tones
F#, A, C#
Formula
1 b3 5
Semitones
0 3 7
Chord symbols
F#m, F#min
Tuning
D G C F A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Minor Arpeggio: string 2 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Ab3

First root on each string

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

Low-string pattern

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

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

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Minor Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 4, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 2 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, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Minor Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Minor Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings