Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same bb augmented major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones
Bb, D, F#, A
Formula
1 3 #5 7
Semitones
0 4 8 11
Chord symbols
BbaugMaj7, Bb+Maj7
Tuning
E B E A D G B E
Strings
8
Open pitch range
E1 to E4
24-fret range
E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 8 open strings belong to Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 A (7) and string 4 D (3). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A7
String 4D3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 6
String 7Fret 11
String 6Fret 6
String 5Fret 1
String 4Fret 8
String 3Fret 3
String 2Fret 11
String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 6, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 2F##5
Fret 5A7
Fret 6Bb1
Fret 10D3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 5, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Bb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing E B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings