Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

C Minor 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same c minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, Eb, G, Bb, D
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Cm9, Cmin9
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 3 D (9). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3D9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest B string, the first C is at fret 1.

Fret 1C1

Fret 3D9

Fret 4Ebb3

Fret 8G5

Fret 11Bbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 3 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 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.