Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning
A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same a dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- A, C#, E, G, Bb
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 b9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 13
- Chord symbols
- A7b9
- Tuning
- Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- Eb2 to Eb4
- 24-fret range
- Eb2 to Eb6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 4 C# (3) and string 2 Bb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, with the A root at fret 6. On the highest Eb string, the first A is at fret 6.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the A 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
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