Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

Bb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same bb power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Bb, F
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
Bb5
Tuning
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings
6
Open pitch range
Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range
Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Power Chord Arpeggio: string 2 Bb (1). Bb roots occur on open string 2.

String 2Bb1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 9
String 3Fret 4
String 2Open
String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2 and 7, with the Bb root at fret 7. On the highest Eb string, the first Bb is at fret 7.

Fret 2F5
Fret 7Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Bb Power Chord Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 2 and 7, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 2 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 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Bb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings