Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Minor 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C# Minor 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c# minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: C#, E, G#, B, D#
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: C#m9, C#min9
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to C# Minor 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low G string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 6

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9, with the C# root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 1G#5

Fret 4Bb7

Fret 6C#1

Fret 8D#9

Fret 9Eb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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