Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same d minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: D, F, Ab, C
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Dm7b5
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 7 open strings belong to D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 4 D (1). D roots occur on open string 4.

String 4D1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 5

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, with the D root at fret 5. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

Fret 3Cb7

Fret 5D1

Fret 8Fb3

Fret 11Abb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 5, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.