Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

E Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same e 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: E, B
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: E5
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

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1 and 8, with the E root at fret 1. On the highest Eb string, the first E is at fret 1.

Fret 1E1

Fret 8B5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Power Chord Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1 and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest E root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.