Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

G Power Chord Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same g 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: G, D
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: G5
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 G 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 G root at fret 6. On the highest D# string, the first G is at fret 4.

Fret 1D5

Fret 6G1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G 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 G root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the G 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.