Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

F Major Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same f major arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E 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: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 6, and 10, with the F root at fret 6. On the highest C# string, the first F is at fret 4.

Fret 1C5

Fret 6F1

Fret 10A3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Major Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.