Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

D Minor 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same d 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: D, F, A, C, E
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Dm9, Dmin9
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

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

String 3E9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

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, 5, 6, and 10, with the D root at fret 3. On the highest C# string, the first D is at fret 1.

Fret 1Cb7

Fret 3D1

Fret 5E9

Fret 6Fb3

Fret 10A5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.