Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb dominant 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, C
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Bb9
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

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

String 4D3

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 1, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 1C9

Fret 3D3

Fret 6F5

Fret 9Abb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 4 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.