Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

C Major Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# 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: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C# string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 11, with the C root at fret 11. On the highest D# string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 3E3

Fret 6G5

Fret 11C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Major Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 3, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.