Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

C# Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same c# major 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: C#, E#, G#, B#, D#
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: C#maj9, C#M9
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to C# Major 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 2

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 8, 9, and 11, with the C# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 1E#3

Fret 4G#5

Fret 8B#7

Fret 9C#1

Fret 11D#9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 4, 8, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C# root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C# root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.