Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Sus4 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

D Sus4 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same d sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: D, G, A
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: Dsus4
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to D Sus4 Arpeggio: string 5 A (5), string 4 D (1), and string 3 G (4). D roots occur on open string 4.

String 5A5

String 4D1

String 3G4

First root on each string

String 8Fret 10

String 7Fret 3

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 5, and 10, with the D root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

Fret 3G4

Fret 5A5

Fret 10D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Sus4 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 3, 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 8 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.