Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same bb dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 2 C# (#9). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2C##9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 1F5

Fret 4Abb7

Fret 6Bb1

Fret 9C##9

Fret 10D3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 2 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 6, 1, 6, 1, 9, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.