Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

B Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same b minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
B, D, F#, A#
Formula
1 b3 5 7
Semitones
0 3 7 11
Chord symbols
BmMaj7, BmM7
Tuning
E A E A C# E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
E2 to E4
24-fret range
E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 7
String 3Fret 2
String 2Fret 10
String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 6, 7, and 10, with the B root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

Fret 2F#5
Fret 6A#7
Fret 7B1
Fret 10Db3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play B Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 6, 7, and 10, 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 7, 2, 7, 2, 10, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

B Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning fretboard diagram
B Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing E A E A C# E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings