Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

Eb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same eb minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. 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# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C#2 to D#4
24-fret range
C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor Arpeggio: string 3 Gb (b3), string 2 Bb (5), and string 1 Eb (1). Eb roots occur on open string 1.

String 3Gbb3
String 2Bb5
String 1Eb1

First root on each string

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

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 9, with the Eb root at fret 2. On the highest D# string, the first Eb is at fret 0.

Fret 2Eb1
Fret 5Gbb3
Fret 9Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Minor Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 2, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Gb 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 6 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Minor Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C# G# C# F# A# D#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings