Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Bb Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same bb minor 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, Db, F
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Bbm, Bbmin
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

None of the 8 open strings belongs to Bb Minor Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

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 1, 6, and 9, with the Bb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 1F5

Fret 6Bb1

Fret 9Dbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Minor Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 1, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Bb root each time the line changes strings.
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.