Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Dominant 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

F# Dominant 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same f# dominant 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F#, A#, C#, E, G#
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 14
Chord symbols: F#9
Tuning: D G C 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 F# Dominant 9 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 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2Eb7

Fret 4F#1

Fret 6G#9

Fret 8A#3

Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 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, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.