Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: Bb, D, F, Ab, Cb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: Bb7b9
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 7 open strings belong to Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 7 Cb (b9), string 4 D (3), and string 2 Cb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Cbb9

String 4D3

String 2Cbb9

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

OpenCbb9

Fret 3D3

Fret 6F5

Fret 9Abb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.