Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning
C# Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same c# minor arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Chord tones
- C#, E, G#
- Formula
- 1 b3 5
- Semitones
- 0 3 7
- Chord symbols
- C#m, C#min
- Tuning
- B E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- B1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 7 open strings belong to C# Minor Arpeggio: string 6 E (b3) and string 1 E (b3). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 6Eb3
String 1Eb3
First root on each string
String 7Fret 2
String 6Fret 9
String 5Fret 4
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 6
String 2Fret 2
String 1Fret 9
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 9, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.
Fret 2C#1
Fret 5Eb3
Fret 9G#5
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Minor Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets E 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 7 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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