Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: Eb, Ab, Bb
Formula: 1 4 5
Semitones: 0 5 7
Chord symbols: Ebsus4
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to Eb Sus4 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low F# string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 9

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, and 9, with the Eb root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 2Ab4

Fret 4Bb5

Fret 9Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Sus4 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 2, 4, and 9, 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 8 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.