Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Augmented Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning
C# Augmented Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same c# augmented arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Chord tones
- C#, E#, G##
- Formula
- 1 3 #5
- Semitones
- 0 4 8
- Chord symbols
- C#aug, C#+
- Tuning
- A E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- A1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- A1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 7 open strings belong to C# Augmented Arpeggio: string 7 G## (#5) and string 5 G## (#5). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, and 8, with the C# root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Augmented Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets G## on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the C# root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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