Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Major Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

A Major Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same a major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: A, C#, E
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Amaj, AM
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to A Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 9, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest C string, the first A is at fret 9.

Fret 1C#3

Fret 4E5

Fret 9A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Major Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 4, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest A root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.