Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Bb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb augmented 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
Bb, D, F#
Formula
1 3 #5
Semitones
0 4 8
Chord symbols
Bbaug, Bb+
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Augmented Arpeggio: string 5 F# (#5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb 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 B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 7, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest C# string, the first Bb is at fret 9.

Fret 3D3
Fret 7F##5
Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Bb Augmented Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 3, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets F# 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 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Bb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B F# B E G# C#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings