Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

C Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same c major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, E, G, D
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Cadd9, Cadd2
Tuning: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to C Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 D (9), string 4 D (9), and string 1 D (9). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6D9

String 4D9

String 1D9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

OpenD9

Fret 2E3

Fret 5G5

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, 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 10, 3, 10, 6, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.