Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same eb minor 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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
E A E A C# E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
E2 to E4
24-fret range
E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio: string 2 Db (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Dbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 6
String 2Fret 2
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 6, 9, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1F9
Fret 2Gbb3
Fret 6Bb5
Fret 9Dbb7
Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 2, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Db on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 11, 6, 2, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Minor 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing E A E A C# E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings