Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

A Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same a major 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: A, C#, E
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Amaj, AM
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Major Arpeggio: string 3 E (5) and string 1 C# (3). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3E5

String 1C#3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 10, with the A root at fret 10. On the highest C# string, the first A is at fret 8.

Fret 2C#3

Fret 5E5

Fret 10A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Major Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.