Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same c# dominant 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. 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 G D G B D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

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 6
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 6
String 2Fret 2
String 1Fret 11

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 D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 3E#3
Fret 6G#5
Fret 9Bb7
Fret 11C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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

Fretboard diagram

C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G D G B D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings