Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

F Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same f major add9 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: F, A, C, G
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Fadd9, Fadd2
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 F Major Add9 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 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 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the F root at fret 4. On the highest D# string, the first F is at fret 2.

Fret 4F1

Fret 6G9

Fret 8A3

Fret 11C5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F 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.