Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same c minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, Eb, Gb, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Cm7b5
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 Gb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, and 11, with the C root at fret 1. On the highest C# string, the first C is at fret 11.

Fret 1C1

Fret 4Ebb3

Fret 7Gbb5

Fret 11Bbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.