Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

F# Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same f# power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
F#, C#
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
F#5
Tuning
C F Bb Eb G C
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to C4
24-fret range
C2 to C6

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 6
String 5Fret 1
String 4Fret 8
String 3Fret 3
String 2Fret 11
String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1 and 6, with the F# root at fret 6. On the highest C string, the first F# is at fret 6.

Fret 1C#5
Fret 6F#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Power Chord Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1 and 6, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F# root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the F# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C F Bb Eb G C.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings