Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Bb Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# 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, F, A
Formula
1 b3 5 7
Semitones
0 3 7 11
Chord symbols
BbmMaj7, BbmM7
Tuning
F# B E A D G B E
Strings
8
Open pitch range
F#1 to E4
24-fret range
F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to Bb Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 A (7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5A7

First root on each string

String 8Fret 4
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 F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 4, 7, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 3A7
Fret 4Bb1
Fret 7Dbb3
Fret 11F5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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

Fretboard diagram

Bb Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Bb Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing F# B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings