Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning
Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb dominant 7 flat 9 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
- Bb, D, F, Ab, Cb
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 b9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 13
- Chord symbols
- Bb7b9
- 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 Bb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 Cb (b9), string 4 Cb (b9), and string 2 Ab (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
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 C# string, the first Bb is at fret 9.
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 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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