Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same a minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: A, C, E, G, B
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Am9, Amin9
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

6 of the 8 open strings belong to A Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 7 B (9), string 6 E (5), string 5 A (1), string 3 G (b7), string 2 B (9), and string 1 E (5). A roots occur on open string 5.

String 7B9

String 6E5

String 5A1

String 3Gb7

String 2B9

String 1E5

First root on each string

String 8Fret 3

String 7Fret 10

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10, with the A root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

Fret 1Gb7

Fret 3A1

Fret 5B9

Fret 6Cb3

Fret 10E5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.