Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C Augmented Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning
C Augmented Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same c augmented arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Chord tones
- C, E, G#
- Formula
- 1 3 #5
- Semitones
- 0 4 8
- Chord symbols
- Caug, C+
- Tuning
- B E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- B1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 7 open strings belong to C Augmented Arpeggio: string 6 E (3) and string 1 E (3). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, and 9, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C Augmented Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the C root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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