Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

C Major Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same c major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, E, G
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Cmaj, CM
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Major Arpeggio: string 3 G (5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2E3

Fret 5G5

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Major Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 3 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, 5, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.