Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

Eb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same eb power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Eb, Bb
Formula
1 5
Semitones
0 7
Chord symbols
Eb5
Tuning
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings
6
Open pitch range
Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range
Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 6Eb1
String 2Bb5
String 1Eb1

First root on each string

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

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0 and 7, with the Eb root at fret 0. On the highest Eb string, the first Eb is at fret 0.

OpenEb1
Fret 7Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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

Fretboard diagram

Eb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings