Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Major Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

F Major Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same f major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F, A, C
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Fmaj, FM
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to F Major Arpeggio: string 6 C (5), string 5 F (1), and string 1 C (5). F roots occur on open string 5.

String 6C5

String 5F1

String 1C5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 5, and 9, with the F root at fret 5. On the highest C string, the first F is at fret 5.

OpenC5

Fret 5F1

Fret 9A3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.