Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

C Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c power chord 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, G
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: C5
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 Power Chord 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 4 and 9, with the C root at fret 9. On the highest Eb string, the first C is at fret 9.

Fret 4G5

Fret 9C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Power Chord Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 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.