Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same f 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
F, Ab, C, G
Formula
1 b3 5 9
Semitones
0 3 7 14
Chord symbols
Fmadd9, Fminadd9
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Minor Add9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6
String 5Fret 1
String 4Fret 8
String 3Fret 3
String 2Fret 11
String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 6, 8, and 9, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest B string, the first F is at fret 6.

Fret 1C5
Fret 6F1
Fret 8G9
Fret 9Abb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 6, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F Minor Add9 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D F# B.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings