Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Major Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

D Major Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same d major 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
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Dmaj, DM
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 Major 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 2, 5, and 10, with the D root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

Fret 2F#3

Fret 5A5

Fret 10D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Major Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 5, 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.