Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Minor Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

C# Minor Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same c# minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C#, E, G#
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: C#m, C#min
Tuning: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Minor Arpeggio: string 1 E (b3). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 1Eb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1C#1

Fret 4Eb3

Fret 8G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 1 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 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.