Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same c minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. 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 G D G B D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

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

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 D string, the first C is at fret 10.

Fret 1Ebb3
Fret 4Gbb5
Fret 8Bbb7
Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. 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.
  2. Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
  3. Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 5, 10, 5, 1, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning fretboard diagram
C Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G D G B D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings