Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
B Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning
B Augmented Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same b augmented arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- B, D#, F##
- Formula
- 1 3 #5
- Semitones
- 0 4 8
- Chord symbols
- Baug, B+
- Tuning
- C G C F A D
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- C2 to D4
- 24-fret range
- C2 to D6
Open strings and root positions
1 of the 6 open strings belong to B Augmented Arpeggio: string 5 F## (#5). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 5F###5
First root on each string
String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 4
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 6
String 2Fret 2
String 1Fret 9
Low-string pattern
On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 7, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first B is at fret 9.
Fret 3D#3
Fret 7F###5
Fret 11B1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play B Augmented Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets F## on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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