Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning
C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- C, E, G, Bb, D#
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 #9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 15
- Chord symbols
- C7#9
- Tuning
- Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- Eb2 to Eb4
- 24-fret range
- Eb2 to Eb6
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 6 D# (#9), string 2 Bb (b7), and string 1 D# (#9). 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 Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 4, 7, and 9, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0, 1, 4, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets D# 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 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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