Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same a minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: A, C, Eb, G
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Am7b5
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 7 open strings belong to A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 7 A (1), string 5 A (1), and string 3 G (b7). A roots occur on open strings 7 and 5.

String 7A1

String 5A1

String 3Gb7

First root on each string

String 7Open

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, and 10, with the A root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

OpenA1

Fret 3Cb3

Fret 6Ebb5

Fret 10Gb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the A root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 0, 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.