Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Bb Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb major 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: Bb, D, F, A, C
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: Bbmaj9, BbM9
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 8 open strings belong to Bb Major 9 Arpeggio: string 5 A (7) and string 4 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A7

String 4D3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 4

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 F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 3A7

Fret 4Bb1

Fret 6C9

Fret 8D3

Fret 11F5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major 9 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 3, 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.