Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same d minor-major 7 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#
Formula
1 b3 5 7
Semitones
0 3 7 11
Chord symbols
DmMaj7, DmM7
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 Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 6 C# (7) and string 4 C# (7). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C#7
String 4C#7

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 0, 1, 4, and 8, with the D root at fret 1. On the highest D# string, the first D is at fret 11.

OpenC#7
Fret 1D1
Fret 4Fb3
Fret 8A5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 0, 1, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. 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.

Fretboard diagram

D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning fretboard diagram
D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C# G# C# F# A# D#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings