Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

C Minor Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same c minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, Eb, G
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Cm, Cmin
Tuning: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Minor 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 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 1Ebb3

Fret 5G5

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 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, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.