Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Power Chord Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

G Power Chord Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same g power chord 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: G, D
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: G5
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 G Power Chord Arpeggio: string 4 D (5) and string 3 G (1). G roots occur on open string 3.

String 4D5

String 3G1

First root on each string

String 8Fret 1

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1 and 8, with the G root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first G is at fret 3.

Fret 1G1

Fret 8D5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Power Chord Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 1 and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.