Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same c# sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones
C#, F#, G#
Formula
1 4 5
Semitones
0 5 7
Chord symbols
C#sus4
Tuning
G D G C F A D
Strings
7
Open pitch range
G1 to D4
24-fret range
G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to C# Sus4 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low G string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 6
String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 8
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 6, and 11, with the C# root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 1G#5
Fret 6C#1
Fret 11F#4

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C# Sus4 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C# root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the C# root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Sus4 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing G D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings