Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
C# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning
C# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same c# minor 7 flat 5 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
- C#, E, G, B
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 10
- Chord symbols
- C#m7b5
- 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 C# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 4 C# (1). C# roots occur on open string 4.
String 4C#1
First root on each string
String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Open
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 3
String 1Fret 10
Low-string pattern
On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 8, and 10, with the C# root at fret 10. On the highest Eb string, the first C# is at fret 10.
Fret 1Eb3
Fret 4Gb5
Fret 8Bb7
Fret 10C#1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play C# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 4, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 4 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 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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Same arpeggio in other tunings
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