Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same c# augmented major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
C#, E#, G##, B#
Formula
1 3 #5 7
Semitones
0 4 8 11
Chord symbols
C#augMaj7, C#+Maj7
Tuning
E B E G# B E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
E2 to E4
24-fret range
E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 9
String 3Fret 5
String 2Fret 2
String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 8, and 9, with the C# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 1E#3
Fret 5G###5
Fret 8B#7
Fret 9C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 5, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C# root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 5, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing E B E G# B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings