Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same eb major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B 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 G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 5 G (3) and string 3 G (3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G3

String 3G3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

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

Play Eb Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 5, and 8, 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 1, 8, 1, 8, 4, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.