Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

B Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same b major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: B, D#, F#, C#
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Badd9, Badd2
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to B Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 7 B (1) and string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open strings 7 and 2.

String 7B1

String 2B1

First root on each string

String 7Open

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 4, and 7, with the B root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

OpenB1

Fret 2C#9

Fret 4D#3

Fret 7F#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 2, 4, and 7, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.