Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same bb minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. 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
C G C F A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to D4
24-fret range
C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (9), string 4 C (9), and string 3 F (5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C9
String 4C9
String 3F5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 3
String 4Fret 10
String 3Fret 5
String 2Fret 1
String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

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

OpenC9
Fret 1Dbb3
Fret 5F5
Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings