Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Major Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

G Major Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same g major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
G, B, D, A
Formula
1 3 5 9
Semitones
0 4 7 14
Chord symbols
Gadd9, Gadd2
Tuning
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings
6
Open pitch range
Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range
Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

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

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 Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the G root at fret 4. On the highest Eb string, the first G is at fret 4.

Fret 4G1
Fret 6A9
Fret 8B3
Fret 11D5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play G Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest G root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the G 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.

Fretboard diagram

G Major Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
G Major Add9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings