Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same d dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: D, F#, A, C, Eb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: D7b9
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 3 F# (3) and string 1 Eb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F#3

String 1Ebb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the D root at fret 1. On the highest D# string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 1D1

Fret 2Ebb9

Fret 5F#3

Fret 8A5

Fret 11Cb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, 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 D root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.