Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Major Add9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

A Major Add9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same a major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. 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: D G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to A Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open string 2.

String 2A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 7, 9, and 11, with the A root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

Fret 2E5

Fret 7A1

Fret 9B9

Fret 11C#3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 2 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, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.