Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

C# Major 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c# major 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Major 9 Arpeggio: string 6 D# (9), string 5 G# (5), string 4 C# (1), and string 1 D# (9). C# roots occur on open string 4.

String 6D#9

String 5G#5

String 4C#1

String 1D#9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, 9, and 10, with the C# root at fret 10. On the highest Eb string, the first C# is at fret 10.

OpenD#9

Fret 2E#3

Fret 5G#5

Fret 9B#7

Fret 10C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major 9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0, 2, 5, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D# 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 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.