Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Sus4 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

Bb Sus4 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same bb sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, Eb, F
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: Bbsus4
Tuning: D G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Sus4 Arpeggio: string 3 F (5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, and 8, with the Bb root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.

Fret 1Eb4

Fret 3F5

Fret 8Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Sus4 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 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 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.