Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same c# sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C#, F#, G#
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: C#sus4
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Sus4 Arpeggio: string 2 F# (4). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2F#4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 7, and 9, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.

Fret 2C#1

Fret 7F#4

Fret 9G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Sus4 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 2 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 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.