Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Power Chord Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

E Power Chord Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same e power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
E, B
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
E5
Tuning
D A D F# A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2
String 5Fret 7
String 4Fret 2
String 3Fret 10
String 2Fret 7
String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2 and 9, with the E root at fret 2. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 2E1
Fret 9B5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play E Power Chord Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2 and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest E root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 10, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

E Power Chord Arpeggio in Open D Tuning fretboard diagram
E Power Chord Arpeggio in Open D Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D F# A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings