Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

C# Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c# augmented 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 8
Chord symbols
C#aug, C#+
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Augmented Arpeggio: string 6 C# (1) and string 4 C# (1). C# roots occur on open strings 6 and 4.

String 6C#1
String 4C#1

First root on each string

String 6Open
String 5Fret 5
String 4Open
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 3
String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, and 8, with the C# root at fret 0. On the highest D# string, the first C# is at fret 10.

OpenC#1
Fret 4E#3
Fret 8G###5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C# Augmented Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 0, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 0, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C# Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C# G# C# F# A# D#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings