Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

D Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same d minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: D, F, A, E
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Dmadd9, Dminadd9
Tuning: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

5 of the 6 open strings belong to D Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 6 E (9), string 5 A (5), string 4 E (9), string 3 A (5), and string 1 E (9). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6E9

String 5A5

String 4E9

String 3A5

String 1E9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, with the D root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

OpenE9

Fret 1Fb3

Fret 5A5

Fret 10D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 0, 1, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 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 10, 5, 10, 5, 1, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.