Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same c minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. 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: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 8, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 1Ebb3

Fret 4Gbb5

Fret 8Bbb7

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.