Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Dominant 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

C Dominant 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c dominant 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, E, G, Bb, D
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 14
Chord symbols: C9
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Dominant 9 Arpeggio: string 2 Bb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Bbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 11, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 1E3

Fret 4G5

Fret 7Bbb7

Fret 9C1

Fret 11D9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.