Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning
Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same eb dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B 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
- E B E G# B E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- E2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- E2 to E6
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 Fb (b9), string 4 Fb (b9), and string 1 Fb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Eb Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 0, 3, 6, 9, and 11, 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 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 7, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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