Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Sus4 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

D Sus4 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same d sus4 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, G, A
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: Dsus4
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to D Sus4 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C# string.

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

Fret 1D1

Fret 6G4

Fret 8A5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Sus4 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 6, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest D root each time the line changes strings.
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.