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

  1. Play C# Minor Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets E 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 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

C# Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings