Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

C# Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same c# minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

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: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 6C#1

String 5G#5

String 4C#1

String 1D#9

First root on each string

String 6Open

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 3, 7, and 10, with the C# root at fret 0. On the highest D# string, the first C# is at fret 10.

OpenC#1

Fret 2D#9

Fret 3Eb3

Fret 7G#5

Fret 10Bb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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