Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, D, F, C
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Bbadd9, Bbadd2
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest C# string, the first Bb is at fret 9.

Fret 1C9

Fret 3D3

Fret 6F5

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 6, and 11, 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.