Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same eb minor 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, Gb, Bb, F
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Ebmadd9, Ebminadd9
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 3 Gb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Gbb3

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, 4, 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 4Gbb3

Fret 8Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb 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, 6, 1, 9, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.