Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same a dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: A, C#, E, G, Bb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: A7b9
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 C# (3), string 4 C# (3), and string 2 Bb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C#3

String 4C#3

String 2Bbb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 9, with the A root at fret 8. On the highest D# string, the first A is at fret 6.

OpenC#3

Fret 3E5

Fret 6Gb7

Fret 8A1

Fret 9Bbb9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.