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: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

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 D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 3Eb1

Fret 6Gbb3

Fret 10Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 6, and 10, 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 3, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.