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
- 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.
- Build a phrase that lets G 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 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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