Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Major Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

Bb Major Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same bb major 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: Bb, D, F
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Bbmaj, BbM
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

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

String 3F5

String 1D3

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

Fret 2D3

Fret 5F5

Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Major Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb 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.