Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c dominant 9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: C, E, G, Bb, D
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 14
Chord symbols: C9
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

5 of the 7 open strings belong to C Dominant 9 Arpeggio: string 7 G (5), string 6 D (9), string 5 G (5), string 4 C (1), and string 1 D (9). C roots occur on open string 4.

String 7G5

String 6D9

String 5G5

String 4C1

String 1D9

First root on each string

String 7Fret 5

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, and 9, with the C root at fret 5. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

OpenG5

Fret 3Bbb7

Fret 5C1

Fret 7D9

Fret 9E3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 3, 5, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 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 5, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.