Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same a minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 Eb (b5) and string 1 Eb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Ebb5

String 1Ebb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 6, and 9, with the A root at fret 6. On the highest Eb string, the first A is at fret 6.

OpenEbb5

Fret 4Gb7

Fret 6A1

Fret 9Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0, 4, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb 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 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.