Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

B Major Add9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same b major 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: B, D#, F#, C#
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Badd9, Badd2
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

4 of the 6 open strings belong to B Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 B (1), string 5 F# (5), string 4 B (1), and string 1 C# (9). B roots occur on open strings 6 and 4.

String 6B1

String 5F#5

String 4B1

String 1C#9

First root on each string

String 6Open

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

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 C# string, the first B is at fret 10.

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 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 0, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.