Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Sus4 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

E Sus4 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same e sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: E, A, B
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: Esus4
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to E Sus4 Arpeggio: string 5 A (4) and string 2 A (4). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A4

String 2A4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 7, and 9, with the E root at fret 2. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 2E1

Fret 7A4

Fret 9B5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Sus4 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 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 2, 7, 2, 9, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.