Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

B Power Chord Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same b power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: B, F#
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: B5
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Power Chord 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 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 6F#5

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Power Chord Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 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, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.