Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

C Minor Add9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same c minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E 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, Eb, G, D
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Cmadd9, Cminadd9
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 8 open strings belong to C Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 4 D (9) and string 3 G (5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4D9

String 3G5

First root on each string

String 8Fret 8

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 E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, with the C root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 3G5

Fret 8C1

Fret 10D9

Fret 11Ebb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 4 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 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.