Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning
A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same a minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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 G C E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- C2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- C2 to E6
Open strings and root positions
6 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (b3), string 5 G (b7), string 4 C (b3), string 3 G (b7), string 2 C (b3), and string 1 E (5). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 7, 9, and 11, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play A Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 4, 7, 9, and 11, 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 9, 2, 9, 2, 9, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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