Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Eb Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same eb 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: Eb, G, Bb
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Ebmaj, EbM
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

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

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 4, 8, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest C# string, the first Eb is at fret 2.

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 8G3

Fret 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Major Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 4, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Eb root each time the line changes strings.
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.