Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same bb minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, Db, Fb, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Bbm7b5
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 Fb (b5), string 4 Fb (b5), string 3 Ab (b7), 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 6Fbb5

String 4Fbb5

String 3Abb7

String 1Fbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 2

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 6 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 6, 11, 6, 2, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.