Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 flat 9 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#, B, D
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: C#7b9
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 3 E# (3) and string 1 D (b9). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3E#3

String 1Db9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the C# root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 1C#1

Fret 2Db9

Fret 5E#3

Fret 8G#5

Fret 11Bb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E# 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 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.