Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning
C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same c augmented major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- C, E, G#, B
- Formula
- 1 3 #5 7
- Semitones
- 0 4 8 11
- Chord symbols
- CaugMaj7, C+Maj7
- Tuning
- B F# B E G# C#
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- B1 to C#4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to C#6
Open strings and root positions
4 of the 6 open strings belong to C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio: string 6 B (7), string 4 B (7), string 3 E (3), and string 2 G# (#5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 1, 5, and 9, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest C# string, the first C is at fret 11.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 1, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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