Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

C# Major Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same c# major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C#, E#, G#
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: C#maj, C#M
Tuning: D G C F A 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# Major Arpeggio: string 3 E# (3). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3E#3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, 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 11C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 3, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E# on open string 3 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, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.