Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Eb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same eb augmented 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
Eb, G, B
Formula
1 3 #5
Semitones
0 4 8
Chord symbols
Ebaug, Eb+
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Augmented Arpeggio: string 6 B (#5) and string 4 B (#5). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6B#5
String 4B#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4
String 5Fret 9
String 4Fret 4
String 3Fret 11
String 2Fret 7
String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, and 8, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest C# string, the first Eb is at fret 2.

OpenB#5
Fret 4Eb1
Fret 8G3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Augmented Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets B on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B F# B E G# C#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings