Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

B Minor 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same b minor 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
B, D, F#, A
Formula
1 b3 5 b7
Semitones
0 3 7 10
Chord symbols
Bm7, Bmin7
Tuning
C F Bb Eb G C
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to C4
24-fret range
C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Minor 7 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 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 8
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 6, 9, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest C string, the first B is at fret 11.

Fret 2Db3
Fret 6F#5
Fret 9Ab7
Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play B Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 6, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest B root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

B Minor 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
B Minor 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C F Bb Eb G C.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings