Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

C# Major Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same c# major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C# Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, and 8, with the C# root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 1C#1

Fret 5E#3

Fret 8G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 5, and 8, 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 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.