Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

Eb Minor Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same eb minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Eb, Gb, Bb
Formula
1 b3 5
Semitones
0 3 7
Chord symbols
Ebm, Ebmin
Tuning
C F Bb Eb G C
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to C4
24-fret range
C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Arpeggio: string 4 Bb (5) and string 3 Eb (1). Eb roots occur on open string 3.

String 4Bb5
String 3Eb1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3
String 5Fret 10
String 4Fret 5
String 3Open
String 2Fret 8
String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 3. On the highest C string, the first Eb is at fret 3.

Fret 3Eb1
Fret 6Gbb3
Fret 10Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Bb on open string 4 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 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Minor Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Minor Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C F Bb Eb G C.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings