Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# 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: Eb, G, Bb, Db, Fb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: Eb7b9
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 Fb (b9), string 3 G (3), and string 1 Fb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Fbb9

String 3G3

String 1Fbb9

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1G3

Fret 4Bb5

Fret 7Dbb7

Fret 9Eb1

Fret 10Fbb9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 1, 4, 7, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.