Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Bb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning
Bb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same bb minor 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, Db, F
- Formula
- 1 b3 5
- Semitones
- 0 3 7
- Chord symbols
- Bbm, Bbmin
- 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 Bb Minor Arpeggio: string 3 F (5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 3F5
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 1, 5, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.
Fret 1Dbb3
Fret 5F5
Fret 10Bb1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Bb Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 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.
Fretboard diagram
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