Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

C Major Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same c major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, E, G
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Cmaj, CM
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Major Arpeggio: string 5 E (3). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5E3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, and 8, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest B string, the first C is at fret 1.

Fret 1C1

Fret 5E3

Fret 8G5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Major Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 5 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, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.