Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c# minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
C#, E, G#, D#
Formula
1 b3 5 9
Semitones
0 3 7 14
Chord symbols
C#madd9, C#minadd9
Tuning
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings
6
Open pitch range
Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range
Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 D# (9), string 5 G# (5), string 4 C# (1), and string 1 D# (9). C# roots occur on open string 4.

String 6D#9
String 5G#5
String 4C#1
String 1D#9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Open
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 3
String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, with the C# root at fret 10. On the highest Eb string, the first C# is at fret 10.

OpenD#9
Fret 1Eb3
Fret 5G#5
Fret 10C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets D# on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Minor Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings