Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning
C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same c dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. 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
- D G D G B D
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- D2 to D4
- 24-fret range
- D2 to D6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 6 open strings belong to C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 5 G (5) and string 3 G (5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 5G5
String 3G5
First root on each string
String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Fret 10
String 3Fret 5
String 2Fret 1
String 1Fret 10
Low-string pattern
On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.
Fret 1D##9
Fret 2E3
Fret 5G5
Fret 8Bbb7
Fret 10C1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 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 10, 5, 10, 5, 1, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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Same arpeggio in other tunings
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