Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same bb minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: Bb, Db, Fb, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Bbm7b5
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 8 open strings belong to Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 8 Fb (b5), string 6 Fb (b5), and string 1 Fb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 8Fbb5

String 6Fbb5

String 1Fbb5

First root on each string

String 8Fret 6

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

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

OpenFbb5

Fret 4Abb7

Fret 6Bb1

Fret 9Dbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 0, 4, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 8 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.