Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same c dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: C, E, G, Bb, Db
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: C7b9
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 E (3), string 3 G (5), and string 1 E (3). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6E3

String 3G5

String 1E3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 6

String 7Fret 1

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, with the C root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 1G5

Fret 4Bbb7

Fret 6C1

Fret 7Dbb9

Fret 10E3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.