Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same a minor 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, B
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Am9, Amin9
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to A Minor 9 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 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 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11, with the A root at fret 8. On the highest D# string, the first A is at fret 6.

Fret 3E5

Fret 6Gb7

Fret 8A1

Fret 10B9

Fret 11Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11, 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 8, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.