Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Major Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

B Major Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same b 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: B, D#, F#
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Bmaj, BM
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first B is at fret 9.

Fret 3D#3

Fret 6F#5

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Major Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest B root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.