Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

B Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same b minor 9 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: B, D, F#, A, C#
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Bm9, Bmin9
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to B Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 2 A (b7) and string 1 D (b3). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Ab7

String 1Db3

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 C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 6, 9, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first B is at fret 9.

Fret 1C#9

Fret 2Db3

Fret 6F#5

Fret 9Ab7

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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