Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c power chord 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, G
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
C5
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

3 of the 7 open strings belong to C Power Chord Arpeggio: string 7 G (5), string 5 G (5), and string 4 C (1). C roots occur on open string 4.

String 7G5
String 5G5
String 4C1

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 and 5, with the C root at fret 5. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

OpenG5
Fret 5C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C Power Chord Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0 and 5, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. 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.

Fretboard diagram

C Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning fretboard diagram
C Power Chord Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing G D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings