Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same eb dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 G (3), 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 5G3

String 3G3

String 1Fbb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1Dbb7

Fret 3Eb1

Fret 4Fbb9

Fret 7G3

Fret 10Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G 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 3, 8, 3, 8, 3, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.