Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

C# Major Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same c# major arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: C#, E#, G#
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: C#maj, C#M
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to C# Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 4C#1

Fret 8E#3

Fret 11G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 4, 8, 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 7 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.