Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Major Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

A Major Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same a major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: A, C#, E, B
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Aadd9, Aadd2
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to A Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 B (9), string 5 E (5), string 4 A (1), and string 1 B (9). A roots occur on open string 4.

String 6B9

String 5E5

String 4A1

String 1B9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, with the A root at fret 10. On the highest B string, the first A is at fret 10.

OpenB9

Fret 2C#3

Fret 5E5

Fret 10A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 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 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.