Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same a dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. 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: D G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 G (b7) and string 3 G (b7). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gb7

String 3Gb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 7, 8, and 11, with the A root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

Fret 2E5

Fret 5Gb7

Fret 7A1

Fret 8Bbb9

Fret 11C#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, 7, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 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 7, 2, 7, 2, 10, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.