Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

C Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same c minor 9 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: C, Eb, G, Bb, D
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Cm9, Cmin9
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C Minor 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

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 C# string, the first C is at fret 11.

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.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.