Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Bb Dominant 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same bb dominant 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, D, F, Ab
Formula: 1 3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 4 7 10
Chord symbols: Bb7
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Dominant 7 Arpeggio: string 2 Ab (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Abb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, 9, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest C# string, the first Bb is at fret 9.

Fret 3D3

Fret 6F5

Fret 9Abb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Dominant 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 3, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.