Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

B Minor Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same b minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: B, D, F#
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Bm, Bmin
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to B Minor Arpeggio: string 3 F# (5). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3F#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 3F#5

Fret 8B1

Fret 11Db3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Minor Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 3, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.