Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

F Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same f dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F, A, C, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: F7b9
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 Gb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gbb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

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 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest C# string, the first F is at fret 4.

Fret 1C5

Fret 4Ebb7

Fret 6F1

Fret 7Gbb9

Fret 10A3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.