Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same eb dominant 7 flat 9 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: Eb, G, Bb, Db, Fb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: Eb7b9
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

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

String 5Fbb9

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

Fret 2Dbb7

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 5Fbb9

Fret 8G3

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Eb 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.