Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same eb minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Eb, Gb, Bb, F
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Ebmadd9, Ebminadd9
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 2 Gb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Gbb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 6, 7, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest B string, the first Eb is at fret 4.

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 6F9

Fret 7Gbb3

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 4, 6, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 2 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 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.