Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same b minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 4

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 9, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

Fret 2Db3

Fret 5Fb5

Fret 9Ab7

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 5, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest B root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 4, 11, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.