Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Major Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

C Major Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 9, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 1E3

Fret 4G5

Fret 9C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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