Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same eb major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Eb, G, Bb, F
Formula
1 3 5 9
Semitones
0 4 7 14
Chord symbols
Ebadd9, Ebadd2
Tuning
D A D F# A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 9
String 2Fret 6
String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, and 8, with the Eb root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 1Eb1
Fret 3F9
Fret 5G3
Fret 8Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Eb root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 9, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D F# A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings