Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning
A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same a minor 7 flat 5 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
- A, C, Eb, G
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 10
- Chord symbols
- Am7b5
- 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
4 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 C (b3), string 3 Eb (b5), string 2 G (b7), and string 1 C (b3). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 7, and 9, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest C string, the first A is at fret 9.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 3, 7, 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 A root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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