Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning
C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- 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
- B E A D F# B
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- B1 to B3
- 24-fret range
- B1 to B5
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 6 B (b7), string 5 D## (#9), and string 1 B (b7). 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 B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, and 9, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 5, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 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 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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