Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

F# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same f# dominant 7 flat 9 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: F#, A#, C#, E, G
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: F#7b9
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 F# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 3 F# (1). F# roots occur on open string 3.

String 3F#1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Open

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, with the F# root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 2Eb7

Fret 4F#1

Fret 5Gb9

Fret 8A#3

Fret 11C#5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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 4, 9, 4, 0, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.