Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same bb major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (9), string 4 C (9), and string 2 C (9). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C9

String 4C9

String 2C9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

OpenC9

Fret 2D3

Fret 5F5

Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 2, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 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 10, 3, 10, 3, 10, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.