Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning
B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning shows the same b minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- B, D, F, A
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 10
- Chord symbols
- Bm7b5
- Tuning
- D G C F A D
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- D2 to D4
- 24-fret range
- D2 to D6
Open strings and root positions
4 of the 6 open strings belong to B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 D (b3), string 3 F (b5), string 2 A (b7), and string 1 D (b3). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 7, and 9, with the B root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first B is at fret 9.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 0, 3, 7, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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