Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c augmented major 7 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
C, E, G#, B
Formula
1 3 #5 7
Semitones
0 4 8 11
Chord symbols
CaugMaj7, C+Maj7
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 G# (#5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G##5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11
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 3, 7, 10, and 11, with the C root at fret 11. On the highest D# string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 3E3
Fret 7G##5
Fret 10B7
Fret 11C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 3, 7, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets G# on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning fretboard diagram
C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C# G# C# F# A# D#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings