Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

C# Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same c# sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Sus4 Arpeggio: string 3 G# (5). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, and 9, with the C# root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first C# is at fret 9.

Fret 2F#4

Fret 4G#5

Fret 9C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Sus4 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 4, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G# 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 9, 2, 9, 5, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.