Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Dominant 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

E Dominant 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same e dominant 9 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: E, G#, B, D, F#
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 14
Chord symbols: E9
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to E Dominant 9 Arpeggio: string 1 D (b7). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 1Db7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the E root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 2Db7

Fret 4E1

Fret 6F#9

Fret 8G#3

Fret 11B5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 1 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.