Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

A Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same a power chord 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, E
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: A5
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to A Power Chord Arpeggio: string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open string 2.

String 2A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4 and 9, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

Fret 4E5

Fret 9A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Power Chord Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 4 and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 2 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, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.