Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

E Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same e dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: E, G#, B, D, F
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: E7b9
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to E Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 F (b9). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Fb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, with the E root at fret 4. On the highest C string, the first E is at fret 4.

Fret 2Db7

Fret 4E1

Fret 5Fb9

Fret 8G#3

Fret 11B5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.