Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same bb dominant 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 14
Chord symbols: Bb9
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

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, 8, 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 8C9

Fret 10D3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Bb root each time the line changes strings.
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.