Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

A Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same a minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C 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 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Amadd9, Aminadd9
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (b3), string 4 C (b3), and string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open string 2.

String 6Cb3

String 4Cb3

String 2A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 9, and 11, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

OpenCb3

Fret 4E5

Fret 9A1

Fret 11B9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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