Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same a minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. 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: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 A (1) and string 3 G (b7). A roots occur on open string 5.

String 5A1

String 3Gb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 7, and 10, with the A root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

Fret 1Ebb5

Fret 5Gb7

Fret 7A1

Fret 10Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 5, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 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 7, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.