Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

A Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same a minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: A, C, E, G, B
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Am9, Amin9
Tuning: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor 9 Arpeggio: 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 5A1

String 3Gb7

String 2B9

String 1E5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 7, 9, and 10, with the A root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

Fret 2E5

Fret 5Gb7

Fret 7A1

Fret 9B9

Fret 10Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A 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, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.