Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same eb minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Eb, Gb, Bb, Db, F
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 10 14
Chord symbols: Ebm9, Ebmin9
Tuning: D G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 3 F (9). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 1Eb1

Fret 3F9

Fret 4Gbb3

Fret 8Bb5

Fret 11Dbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 4, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F 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 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.