Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor 9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

Bb Minor 9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same bb minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, Db, F, Ab, C
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Bbm9, Bbmin9
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (9), string 5 F (5), string 4 Bb (1), and string 1 C (9). Bb roots occur on open string 4.

String 6C9

String 5F5

String 4Bb1

String 1C9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, 8, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 10. On the highest C string, the first Bb is at fret 10.

OpenC9

Fret 1Dbb3

Fret 5F5

Fret 8Abb7

Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 1, 5, 8, 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, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.