Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning
C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 sharp 9 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#, E#, G#, B, D##
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 #9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 15
- Chord symbols
- C#7#9
- 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
1 of the 7 open strings belong to C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 3 E# (3). 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 G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, with the C# root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, 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 7 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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