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: F#5
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

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 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

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 D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 1C#5

Fret 6F#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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