Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Major Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

D Major Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same d major 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
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Dmaj, DM
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

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

String 3F#3

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, 5, and 8, with the D root at fret 1. On the highest D# string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 1D1

Fret 5F#3

Fret 8A5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Major Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 5, and 8, 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.