Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same b minor 7 flat 5 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: B, D, F, A
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Bm7b5
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

4 of the 8 open strings belong to B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 7 B (1), string 5 A (b7), string 4 D (b3), and string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open strings 7 and 2.

String 7B1

String 5Ab7

String 4Db3

String 2B1

First root on each string

String 8Fret 5

String 7Open

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, with the B root at fret 5. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

Fret 3Ab7

Fret 5B1

Fret 8Db3

Fret 11Fb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 5, 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.