Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
D Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning
D Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same d dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- D, F#, A, C, E#
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 #9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 15
- Chord symbols
- D7#9
- Tuning
- E A E A C# E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- E2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- E2 to E6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 6 open strings belong to D Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 5 A (5) and string 3 A (5). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 5A5
String 3A5
First root on each string
String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Fret 10
String 3Fret 5
String 2Fret 1
String 1Fret 10
Low-string pattern
On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10, with the D root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.
Fret 1E##9
Fret 2F#3
Fret 5A5
Fret 8Cb7
Fret 10D1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play D Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 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 10, 5, 10, 5, 1, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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Same arpeggio in other tunings
E Flat Standard TuningEb Ab Db Gb Bb EbD Standard TuningD G C F A DC Standard TuningC F Bb Eb G CB Standard TuningB E A D F# BDrop D TuningD A D G B EDrop C# TuningC# G# C# F# A# D#Drop C TuningC G C F A DDrop B TuningB F# B E G# C#DADGAD TuningD A D G A DOpen E TuningE B E G# B EOpen D TuningD A D F# A DOpen G TuningD G D G B DOpen C TuningC G C G C E7-String Standard TuningB E A D G B E7-String Drop A TuningA E A D G B E7-String Drop G TuningG D G C F A D8-String Standard TuningF# B E A D G B E8-String Drop E TuningE B E A D G B E