Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same eb sus4 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Eb, Ab, Bb
Formula
1 4 5
Semitones
0 5 7
Chord symbols
Ebsus4
Tuning
E B E G# B E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
E2 to E4
24-fret range
E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Sus4 Arpeggio: string 3 Ab (4). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Ab4

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 4
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 6, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 4Ab4
Fret 6Bb5
Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Sus4 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 4, 6, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Ab 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 11, 4, 11, 7, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Sus4 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing E B E G# B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings