Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Major Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

C# Major Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same c# major add9 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#, E#, G#, D#
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: C#add9, C#add2
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C# Major Add9 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 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, and 9, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.

Fret 2C#1

Fret 4D#9

Fret 6E#3

Fret 9G#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 6, and 9, 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 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.