Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Minor Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

B Minor Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same b minor 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#
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Bm, Bmin
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 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, 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 7B1

Fret 10Db3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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