Arpeggio · F°7 · Guitar
The F°7 arpeggio is F – A♭ – B – D — chord tones 1 ♭3 ♭5 ?. F°7 is passing chords between diatonic chords, and as a 7♭9 without its root; its sound is symmetrical, restless. Below, every F, A♭, B, D on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Guitar · standard tuning
Piano
Play loops the arpeggio up and down one octave (switch Loop off for a single pass) in the position starting at fret 1. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from F |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | A♭ | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| ♭5 | B | tritone (6 semitones) |
| ? | D | major 6th (9 semitones) |
Goes with: F Diminished (whole–half) (F G A♭ B♭ B D♭ D E). Voicings: F°7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
F – A♭ – B – D. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 ♭5 ?. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
F°7 is passing chords between diatonic chords, and as a 7♭9 without its root. Its character is symmetrical, restless.
F Dim. W–H (F G A♭ B♭ B D♭ D E) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root F on the low E string at fret 1 and play E-string fret 1, E-string fret 4, A-string fret 2, A-string fret 5, D-string fret 3. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the passing chords between diatonic chords.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Diminished 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from F