Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

A Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same a minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: A, C, E, B
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Amadd9, Aminadd9
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 B (9), string 4 B (9), and string 3 E (5). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6B9

String 4B9

String 3E5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, with the A root at fret 10. On the highest C# string, the first A is at fret 8.

OpenB9

Fret 1Cb3

Fret 5E5

Fret 10A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 1, 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, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.