Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

Bb Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same bb minor arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: Bb, Db, F
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Bbm, Bbmin
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to Bb Minor Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 1

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 8, with the Bb root at fret 1. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 1Bb1

Fret 4Dbb3

Fret 8F5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Minor Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 1, 4, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Bb root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.