Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c dominant 7 flat 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: C, E, G, Bb, Db
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: C7b9
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

3 of the 6 open strings belong to C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 Db (b9), string 4 Db (b9), and string 2 Bb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Dbb9

String 4Dbb9

String 2Bbb7

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 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the C root at fret 11. On the highest D# string, the first C is at fret 9.

OpenDbb9

Fret 3E3

Fret 6G5

Fret 9Bbb7

Fret 11C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Db 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 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.