Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

C Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same c major 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
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Cmaj, CM
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

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

String 3E3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

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 C# string, the first C is at fret 11.

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 3 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.