Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 3 Fb (b9) and string 1 Db (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Fbb9

String 1Dbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

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 C# string, the first Eb is at fret 2.

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 3 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, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.