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

  1. Play Bb Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets F on open string 3 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 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Bb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings