Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb minor 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, Db, F, C
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Bbmadd9, Bbminadd9
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 1 Db (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 1Dbb3

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, 2, 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 2Dbb3

Fret 6F5

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 2, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Db on open string 1 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 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.