Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same bb dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, D, F, Ab, C#
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 #9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 15
Chord symbols: Bb7#9
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 3 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3D3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest B string, the first Bb is at fret 11.

Fret 2C##9

Fret 3D3

Fret 6F5

Fret 9Abb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 3 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, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.