Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C#, E#, G#, B
Formula: 1 3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 4 7 10
Chord symbols: C#7
Tuning: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio: string 2 B (b7). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Bb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the C# root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 3E#3

Fret 6G#5

Fret 9Bb7

Fret 11C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 2 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.