Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same c# sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. 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: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Sus4 Arpeggio: string 3 F# (4). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F#4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 6, and 11, with the C# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 4F#4

Fret 6G#5

Fret 11C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Sus4 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 4, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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 11, 4, 11, 7, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.