Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Sus2 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

Eb Sus2 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same eb sus2 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, F, Bb
Formula
1 2 5
Semitones
0 2 7
Chord symbols
Ebsus2
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Sus2 Arpeggio: string 3 F (2). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F2

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, 5, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 3. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 3Eb1
Fret 5F2
Fret 10Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Sus2 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 5, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets F 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 3, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Sus2 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Sus2 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