Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

F Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same f power chord 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, C
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: F5
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 Power Chord 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 and 11, with the F root at fret 4. On the highest D# string, the first F is at fret 2.

Fret 4F1

Fret 11C5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Power Chord Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 4 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.