Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

G Minor Add9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same g minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: G, Bb, D, A
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Gmadd9, Gminadd9
Tuning: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to G Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 5 A (9) and string 3 A (9). None of those open-string tones is the G root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A9

String 3A9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 5, 6, and 10, with the G root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first G is at fret 3.

Fret 3G1

Fret 5A9

Fret 6Bbb3

Fret 10D5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 3, 5, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 3, 10, 6, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.