Arpeggio · F△7 · Guitar
The F△7 arpeggio is F – A – C – E — chord tones 1 3 5 7. F△7 is the tonic Imaj7 of a major key, and any maj7 chord; its sound is bright, settled, at rest. Below, every F, A, C, E 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
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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 | major 3rd (4 semitones) |
| 5 | C | perfect 5th (7 semitones) |
| 7 | E | major 7th (11 semitones) |
Goes with: F Major (Ionian) (F G A B♭ C D E). Voicings: F△7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
F – A – C – E. As chord tones: 1 3 5 7. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
F△7 is the tonic Imaj7 of a major key, and any maj7 chord. Its character is bright, settled, at rest.
F Major (F G A B♭ C 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 5, A-string fret 3, D-string fret 2, D-string fret 3. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the the tonic Imaj7 of a major key.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Major 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from F