Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Major Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Eb Major Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb major arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones
Eb, G, Bb
Formula
1 3 5
Semitones
0 4 7
Chord symbols
Ebmaj, EbM
Tuning
F# B E A D G B E
Strings
8
Open pitch range
F#1 to E4
24-fret range
F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to Eb Major Arpeggio: string 3 G (3). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9
String 7Fret 4
String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 8
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 9, with the Eb root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 1G3
Fret 4Bb5
Fret 9Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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

Fretboard diagram

Eb Major Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Major Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing F# B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings