Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

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

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same a minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. 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
G D G C F A D
Strings
7
Open pitch range
G1 to D4
24-fret range
G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 7 open strings belong to A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 7 G (b7), string 5 G (b7), string 4 C (b3), and string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open string 2.

String 7Gb7
String 5Gb7
String 4Cb3
String 2A1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 2
String 6Fret 7
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 9
String 3Fret 4
String 2Open
String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 2, 5, and 8, with the A root at fret 2. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

OpenGb7
Fret 2A1
Fret 5Cb3
Fret 8Ebb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 2, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the A root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning fretboard diagram
A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing G D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings